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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning 1965 It is with a heavy heart that Monsieur Charles has to close his Parisian brothel in 1946, following new legislation outlawing such establishments As a parting gift, he offers the brothels red lantern to one of his star employees, Lucette

The Miser 1980 Based on Molieres play The children of Harpagon, Cleante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still havent spoken to their father yet Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right man and the right woman for his children When Cleante, at last, tries to speak to Harpagon

Lets Rob the Bank 1964 Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his familys life savings in an African mine, on his bankers recommendation When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank it seems only fair to him to return the f

La soupe aux choux 1981 Two old french countrymen are living a quiet life in their little old farms The first one, Claude Ratinier, aka le Glaude Louis de Funes, is a widower, and the second one, Francis Cherasse, aka Cicisse Jean Carmet, is single They spend their days drinking liters of wine and p

Le gendarme et les gendarmettes 1982 Cruchots police office moves into a new building They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate All of them scramble to work with them and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies Then they get in

Le gendarme et les extra terrestres 1979 The bungling inspector Cruchot Funes finds himself trying to save the residents of St Tropez from some oil drinking humanoid aliens The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil products, is that they sound like e

Le gendarme en balade 1970 The whole clique of Cruchots police station is retired Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle and is bored almost to death He fights with the butler, because he isnt even allowed to do the simple works But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an acciden

Oscar (1967) Trouble, trouble, trouble! It is indeed under the sign of trouble... and of confusion that the crappy day Bertrand Barnier has just gone through will have been placed. The businessman will not forget it soon! And quite rightly so. Just imagine: a maid that wants to resign to... marry a

Squeaksqueak (1963) Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange. His eccentric wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in South America. Convinced that the concession is a fake, Monestier decides to sell it on to a friend of

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967) Fantomas wants to collect money from scottish rich' for letting them live. The French inspector (Louis de Funes) comes to a scottish castle to protect the owner, and to catch Fantomas. There is a lot of funny trouble in the castle, espacially at one big evening part

The Troops of St. Tropez (1964) The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with persistent nude swimmers, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the ha

The Exchange Student (1967) Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enro

Four Bags Full (1956) Two men, a painter and a poor guy, have to cross over Paris by night during World War II and to deliver black market meat. As they walk along dark Parisian streets, they encounter various characters and adventures until they are arrested by German police.

The Restaurant (1966) M. Septime rules the renowned Paris restaurant "Chez Septime" with an iron fist. Grovelling before his rich and powerful customers, M. Septime feels free to treat his employees like children at best or like slaves at worst. M. Septime would be very happy if things jus

The Troops in New York (1965) After being chosen to represent France in an international congress, Cruchot and his troops must go to New York, and adapt to its social and cultural aspects.