In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
Acting
De Funès at peak physical comedy before international fame.
Direction
Yves Robert's precise farce timing builds to courtroom pandemonium.
Writing
Clever poacher-cop rivalry with genuine romantic subplot.
Director
Yves Robert
Louis de Funès
Blaireau
Noëlle Adam
Arabella de Chaville
Frédéric Duvallès
M. Dubenoit, le maire
Claude Rich
Amédée Fléchard
Moustache
Ovide Parju
Pierre Mondy
M. Bluette
Madeleine Barbulée
Mme de Chaville
Roland Armontel
Léon de Chaville
Jean-Marie Amato
Maître Guilloche
Lucien Hubert
Auguste
Robert Vattier
M. Lerechigneux, le juge
Paul Faivre
Victor, le gardien-chef de la prison
Jean Bellanger
Un détenu, ex-pédicure
Grégoire Gromoff
Grégory, un détenu
Henri Coutet
Un détenu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This early de Funès hit established his 'frustrated authority figure' archetype years before the Fantômas and Gendarme franchises made him France's biggest comedy star.
The terrier in Blaireau's trap scenes was notoriously uncooperative, forcing multiple improvised reactions from de Funès that made the final cut.
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