Dandelions by the Roots(Des Pissenlits par la Racine)
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France, Italy · 1964
1h 35m
Director Georges Lautner
Starring Louis de Funès, Michel Serrault, Mireille Darc, Francis Blanche
Genre Comedy
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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.
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