CROOKS IN CLOVER
synopsis
Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican". The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter. When a longtime mobster heavy, Volfoni takes exception to Fernand for being an outsider, they come after Fernand who is equal to the task. He defends himself in a series of comical killings from the onslaught of the mob.
original title: | Les tontons flingueurs |
country: | France, Italy, Germany |
year: | 1963 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Georges Lautner |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | DE 04/10/1963, FR 27/11/1963, SE 13/07/1964, ES 05/04/1965, UK 06/1965, PL 1968, EE 11/11/2016 |
screenplay: | Michel Audiard, Georges Lautner |
cast: | Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche |
cinematography by: | Maurice Fellous |
film editing: | Michelle David |
art director: | Jean Mandaroux |
producer: | Irénée Leriche, Robert Sussfeld |
executive producer: | Alain Poiré |