Dandelions by the Roots (1964)

Director: Georges Lautner

Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put into a double bass case. A day later the gangster mysteriously has disappeared, but it turns out that he was carrying a bet ticket for a horse race now worth over a million. A turbulent run for the money begins.

Cast

Louis de Funès

Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand

Michel Serrault

Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien

Mireille Darc

Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue

Francis Blanche

L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu

Maurice Biraud

Jo Arengeot, un petit truand sortant de prison

Darry Cowl

Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée

Raymond Meunier

"La Douane", un complice de Jo

Hubert Deschamps

Le général Frédéric Cédille

Gianni Musy

Riton « Pommes-Chips », le petit truand assassiné

Barbara Brand

La comédienne qui joue Sonia