Jerry Lewis + French farce = chaos in a beret. What could possibly go wrong?
Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.
Acting
Jerry Lewis doing Jerry Lewis—physical comedy at maximum volume
Production
Bizarre Franco-American coproduction energy, absolutely unhinged
Director
Michel Gérard
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Logan
Michel Blanc
Laurent Martin
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie-Christine Martin
Michel Peyrelon
Franz
Gérard Hérold
Jean-Benoît
Laura Betti
Carlotta Batticelli
Philippe Castelli
Brigadier
Mylène Demongeot
Woman on the bench
Bernard Charlan
Duty officer
Jacques Legras
Orchestra conductor
Max Montavon
Stage manager of the opera
Pierre Olaf
Naked German inspector
Maurice Risch
Inspector Farret
Jackie Sardou
Opera usherette
Dominique Zardi
Producer of the opera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jerry Lewis's final leading role in a theatrical feature, and he reportedly directed significant portions uncredited when Gérard struggled with the comedy timing.
The film represents the dying gasp of the 1980s Euro-pudding coproduction—American stars parachuted into European productions for tax reasons, coherence optional.
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