Crooks in Clover
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An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
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Cast
19 people
Lino Ventura
Fernand Naudin
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Bernard Blier
Raoul Volfoni
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Francis Blanche
Maître Folace
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Claude Rich
Antoine Delafoy
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Pierre Bertin
Adolphe Amédée Delafoy
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Jean Lefebvre
Paul Volfoni
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Sabine Sinjen
Patricia, la fille de Louis "le Mexicain"
Known for
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Robert Dalban
Jean, le majordome
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Horst Frank
Théo
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Venantino Venantini
Pascal
Known for
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Mac Ronay
Bastien
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Jacques Dumesnil
Louis « le Mexicain »
Known for
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Georges Lautner Director · Michel Audiard Writer Albert Simonin Author
First release November 27, 1963 · Produced in France, Germany, Italy · Languages English, French, German
Production
Gaumont
Production · Studio
Corona Filmproduktion
Production
Ultra Film - Sicila Cinematografica
Production
France · Germany · Italy
Produced in
Le terminus des prétentieux
Working title
Languages
Original title
Les Tontons flingueurs
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
France · November 27, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 5, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
January 4, 2026 · TV · France•2
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