Les joyeux lurons
3.6
Three priests in cassocks visit a modest and naive country priest in a village in the South of France. They claim to be sent by the bishop for the purpose of recovering a precious reliquary currently in the hands of a vigorously anti-clerical squire. The non apostolic behavior of the three priests causes the disturbance in the village without altering the confidence of the priest. But the situation is complicated at the Sunday Mass: one is drunk on the sacristy, the other improvises a sermon not very Catholic and the third is a mess in the choir of singing. With the naive complicity of the priest, their scam is about to end ...
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Cast
12 people
Alice Sapritch
Léonie, la bonne du curé
Known for
Delusions of Grandeur
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Paul Préboist
Le curé Paccard
Known for
Hibernatus
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Georges Combret
Michel Gérard
Michel Galabru
Le chanoine Bossuet
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
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Philippe Clay
L'abbé Larivière
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Bell, Book and Candle
Christian Léon-Dufour
Vincent Gauthier
Patrick
Known for
The Green Ray
A Good Marriage
Rachel Cathoud
Laurence
Known for
The Seventh Company Outdoors
Bernard Charlan
Known for
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Very Happy Alexander
Jeannette Batti
La patronne de boîte
Known for
La Traversée de Paris
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Jacques Balutin
L'abbé Fénelon
Known for
Asterix and Cleopatra
Lucky Luke
Michel Gérard Director
First release November 22, 1972 · Produced in France · Production Les Activités Cinégraphiques, Europrodis
Production
M.G. Productions
Production
Les Activités Cinégraphiques
Production
Europrodis
Production
France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 22, 1972
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No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
May 20, 1976 · Theatrical
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