Dandelions by the Roots backdrop

Dandelions by the Roots 1964 Directed by Georges Lautner Des pissenlits par la racine

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.

Country France
Production Countries France , Italy
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 6 May 1964
95 mins
Cast
Louis de Funès Jockey Jack
Michel Serrault Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
Mireille Darc 'Rockie la Braise'
Maurice Biraud Jo Arengeot
Darry Cowl Gratiopoulos
Raymond Meunier 'La Douane'
Hubert Deschamps General Fréderic Cédille
Gianni Musy Riton aka "Pom Chips"
Barbara Brand Actress who plays Sonia
Simone Landry Guest of Christine
Colette Régis Christine
Malka Ribowska The Countess
Yves Barsacq Police inspector
Charles Bouillaud Léon, concierge of the Théâtre de Paris
Michel Duplaix Prop master
Guy Grosso Emíle, bartender
Roger Paschy Prop master
Émile Riandreys Stage manager of the theater
Venantino Venantini Pierre Michon, theater actor
Madeleine Barbulée Aunt Ophélie (voice)
Raymone Palmyre, the madwoman
Marcel Bernier Prop master (uncredited)