Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)

Name: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1964-09-08
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Daniel Cauchy, Maria Pacôme

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), directed by Jean Girault, starring Louis de Funès and Geneviève Grad.

09/08/1964 BR Comedy 1h 29m

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Synopsis

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

Marc FossardCinematography
Jean GiraultDirector, Screenplay
Jean FeyteEditing
Jean-Michel GautierEditing

Le Gendarme - Saga

The franchise in release order. 6 films.

Biquínis de Saint-Tropez 1964 · you are here
As Loucas Aventuras de um Gendarme em Nova York 1965
O Gendarme Se Casa 1968
As Loucas Aventuras de um Gendarme em Fuga 1970
O Gendarme e os Extra-Terrestres 1979
O Louco, Louco Mundo do Gendarme 1982

About the film

The Troops of St. Tropez (French: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez; literally The Policeman from Saint-Tropez) is a 1964 French comedy film set in Saint-Tropez, a fashionable resort on the French Riviera. Starring Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot of the gendarmerie, the film is the first in the Gendarme series, and spawned five sequels.

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Plot

Ludovic Cruchot (played by Louis de Funès), a highly uptight gendarme in a small French village, has been reassigned to the seaside commune of Saint-Tropez under the orders of Command Sergeant Major Gerber (played by Michel Galabru), who takes no lip from his outspoken new subordinate. His daughter Nicole quickly adapts to the life in the city and, much to Cruchot's traditional-minded chagrin, begins to mix with the local carefree youths who often blatantly defy her father's official authority. However, they ridicule her at first, so she states her father is a rich American named Ferguson who has arrived to the port with his yacht. He also owns a red Mustang.

Soon, the gendarmes find themselves confronted with a major problem: a group of persistent nudists. Any attempts to arrest them in flagrante delicto are foiled by a lookout; but after several failures, Cruchot manages to hatch a master plan and succeeds in getting all the nude swimmers arrested.

Later, Cruchot discovers that his daughter and her new boyfriend have stolen and crashed Ferguson's Mustang into a ditch, puncturing a tyre in the process. Unbeknownst to any of them, Ferguson and his teammates are a gang of robbers who have stolen a Rembrandt painting, which is still in the trunk. Cruchot manages to get the car out, but realizes that the objects he threw out of the car to fix a puncture, including the painting, are valuable items.

The man who pretends to own the painting then kidnaps Cruchot, but Nicole and her friends knock out the group that kidnapped her father, and the painting is returned to its rightful owner.

Cast

Louis de Funès: Ludovic Cruchot

Geneviève Grad: Nicole Cruchot, daughter of Ludovic

Michel Galabru: warrant officer Jérôme Gerber

Jean Lefebvre: gendarme Lucien Fougasse

Christian Marin: gendarme Albert Merlot

Guy Grosso: gendarme Gaston Tricard

Michel Modo: gendarme Jules Berlicot

France Rumilly: sister Clotilde

Daniel Cauchy: one of the youths St-Tropez

Reception

The film was the most popular movie at the French box office in 1964.

Museum

A museum dedicated to the gendarmerie and cinema in Saint-Tropez – Musée de la Gendarmerie et du Cinema de Saint-Tropez – has been in operation since 2016.

The museum is located in the building that housed the real Saint-Tropez gendarmerie from 1879 until 2003. The museum exhibits are largely dedicated to the Gendarme series as well as other films made in Saint-Tropez, including And God Created Woman which starred Brigitte Bardot. In 2024, the museum celebrated the 60th anniversary of The Troops of St. Tropez with a special temporary exhibition.

References

External links

The Troops of St. Tropez at IMDb

Text from The Troops of St. Tropez on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troops_of_St._Tropez

Trivia

It cost US$ 230.769 and grossed US$ 11 million in theaters — 45.5 times its budget.
It premiered on September 8, 1964, a Tuesday.
It runs 1h29 — a typical feature length.
It is film 1 of 6 in the Le Gendarme - Saga franchise.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosSNC, Franca Films
CountriesFrance
LanguagesFrench
BudgetUS$ 230,769
Box officeUS$ 10,500,000
StatusReleased

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Filming locations

Belvédère
Saint-Tropez

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Crew

Marc Fossard Cinematography
Jean Girault Director
Jean Feyte Editing
Jean-Michel Gautier Editing
Gérard Beytout Producer
René Pignières Producer
Raymond Lefèvre Original music
Jacques Vilfrid Screenplay
Jean Girault Screenplay
Richard Balducci Story

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What is Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez about?

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez: The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

Who directed Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez?

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez was directed by Jean Girault in 1964.

Who stars in Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez?

The cast of Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez includes Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Daniel Cauchy and Maria Pacôme.

How long is Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez?

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez runs for 89 minutes, or 1h29.

How much did Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez cost and how much did it make?

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez had a budget of US$ 230,769 and took US$ 10,500,000 at the box office — 45.5 times its cost.

What is the correct order of the Le Gendarme - Saga films?

The Le Gendarme - Saga franchise has 6 films in the catalogue. In release order: Biquínis de Saint-Tropez; As Loucas Aventuras de um Gendarme em Nova York; O Gendarme Se Casa; As Loucas Aventuras de um Gendarme em Fuga; O Gendarme e os Extra-Terrestres; O Louco, Louco Mundo do Gendarme.