Les tontons flingueurs (1963)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Georges Lautner

Writers:

Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Georges Lautner (dialogue)

Release Date:

4 octobre 1963 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedie | Action | Crime

Plot:

Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican"...

Plot Keywords:

Help | Spoof | Paris | Cult Comedy | Cult Favorite

Avis des utilisateurs:

Who's afraid of Lino Ventura?

Ensemble

Lino Ventura	...	Fernand Naudin
Bernard Blier	...	Raoul Volfoni
Francis Blanche	...	Maître Folace
Claude Rich	...	Antoine Delafoy
Pierre Bertin	...	Adolphe Amédée Delafoy
Robert Dalban	...	Jean
Jean Lefebvre	...	Paul Volfoni
Horst Frank	...	Théo
Charles Régnier	...	Tomate
Mac Ronay	...	Bastien
Venantino Venantini	...	Pascal
Sabine Sinjen	...	Patricia
Jacques Dumesnil	...	Louis le Mexicain
Yves Arcanel
Philippe Castelli	...	Le tailleur

Autre(s) titre(s):

Crooks in Clover (UK)
In famiglia si spara (Italy)
Le terminus des prétentieux (France) (working title)
Mein Onkel, der Gangster (West Germany)
Monsieur Gangster (USA)

Durée:

105 min

Pays:

France | West Germany | Italy

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Eglise Saint-Germain-de-Charonne, Paris 20, Paris, France

Company:

Corona Filmproduktion

Anecdotes:

Cameo: [Paul Meurisse]The guy with the monocle saluting Lino Ventura at the end of the movie is Paul Meurisse, a reference to the Movie _Le Monocle noir_ also by Georges Lautner.

Movie Connections:

Featured in L'invité surprise (1989)

Who's afraid of Lino Ventura?

For a number of years now they have fed us movies about the adventures of mutant superheroes (o.k., I admit I have seen and enjoyed one or two of them). This was preceded by the surreal Schwarzenegger-Stallone-Van Damme-decade (also called the eighties), with action-flick actors whose muscle mass far exceeded their acting skills. Before that, there was Dirty Harry and a wild selection of anti-heroes of all sizes, shapes and colors. But when, exactly, was it, that real men disappeared from the screen? The event that caused the extinction of such dinosaurs as Lino Ventura, Jean Gabin, Lee Marvin, Humphrey Bogart and the like must have been the counter-culture of the sixties. But what a loss it caused. We had movie-stars who were real, gentlemanly (sometimes), cool, human and funny as well as ugly but sexy and we went and replaced them with a bunch of guys in a mask and cape (and I don't mean Zorro).

Luckily we all have our VCRs and DVD players and blockbuster and amazon and are able to enjoy movies like Les Tontons Flinguers, one of the funniest, coolest and yet silliest movies of all time. Every actor a character, every dialogue a gem, every scene a revelation about how to make it look easy. Go see this film before you even contemplate to watch Spiderman III!