An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham and one of them inadvertently receives a blow in the mouth from someone else's elbow. In the process he loses some front teeth and needs to see a dentist urgently ... this is only the beginning of a long series of adventures befalling our poor friend who doesn't speak a word of English and who nevertheless needs to return urgently to France to get married in the following days sporting a decent mouth !
Acting
Robert Dhéry's wordless suffering is Chaplin-level precision
Direction
Pierre Tchernia's timing turns every misunderstanding into gold
Writing
Script weaponizes language barrier for maximum humiliation
Director
Robert Dhéry
Robert Dhéry
Henri Martineau
Ronald Fraser
Sergent Timothy Reagan
Colette Brosset
Lady Yvette Brisburn 'Vévette'
Bernard Cribbins
Bob, l'agent 202
Mark Lester
Gérald
Catherine Sola
Nicole
Diana Dors
Self
Percy Herbert
L'agent Baxter
Richard Vernon
Lord Brisburn
Henri Génès
Gros Max
Jean Lefebvre
Le supporter saoul avec le coq
Jean Carmet
Le porte drapeau
Godfrey Quigley
Inspector Savory
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures genuine 1960s Franco-British tension—French audiences loved watching an Englishman get conned by accident.
Robert Dhéry co-wrote the script while actually missing teeth from a real rugby injury, making this essentially autobiographical revenge.
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