The Gendarme of Champignol (1959)

Original title

Le Gendarme de Champignol

Directed by

Jean Bastia

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French gendarme gets into a series of comic misadventures in a small town. The film follows his attempts to maintain order while dealing with local characters and mishaps.

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What happens

The Gendarme of Champignol (French: Le gendarme de Champignol) is a 1959 comedy film directed by Jean Bastia and starring Jean Richard, Roger Pierre and Noël Roquevert. It also featured Véronique Zuber, the 1955 Miss France winner. Location shooting took place around Val-d'Oise. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Mandaroux. It is a sequel to the 1957 film Nous autres à Champignol and was followed by Le caïd de Champignol a third and final entry in the series in 1966. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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