Les Cracks (1968)
Directed by Alex Joffé

Comedy
aka: The Hotshots

Film Synopsis

In the early 1900s, Jules Auguste Duroc has invented a revolutionary new bicycle which he hopes will make his fortune.  Unfortunately, he has managed to bankrupt himself before he can profit from his invention.  When the over-zealous bailiff Léon Charles Mulot calls at his shop, Duroc makes a hasty retreat on his bicycle, and ends up at the starting line of the Paris to San Remo cycle race.  The adventure has only just begun!
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Film Credits

  • Director: Alex Joffé
  • Script: Alex Joffé, Jean Bernard-Luc, Gabriel Arout, Pierre Lévy-Corti
  • Cinematographer: Jean Bourgoin
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Bourvil (Jules Auguste Duroc), Robert Hirsch (Me Mulot), Gianni Bonagura (Pifarelli), Monique Tarbès (Delphine Duroc), Michel de Ré (Le marquis de Lion), Edmond Beauchamp (Le vétéran), Anne Jolivet (Jocelyne), Teddy Bilis (Mouton), Roger Caccia (Le semeur-pêcheur), Gilles Dreu (Le serrurier), Max Fournel (Osmond), Francis Lax (Carrel), Giuseppe Mattei (Orlandi), Patrick Préjean (Médard), Hélène Rémy (The 'White Lady'), Bernard Verley (Lelièvre), Paul Wagner (Latina), Jacques Arbez, Serge Coursan, Gérald Denizeau
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Aka: The Hotshots

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