Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979)

Director:

Jean Girault

Writers:

Richard Balducci (characters)
Gérard Beytout (adaptation)

Release Date:

31 January 1979 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Sun | Saint Tropez | Nun | UFO

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Louis de Funès	...	Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Michel Galabru	...	Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
Maurice Risch	...	Maréchal des Logis Beaupied
Jean-Pierre Rambal	...	Maréchal des Logis Taupin
Guy Grosso	...	Maréchal des Logis Tricard
Michel Modo	...	Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
France Rumilly	...	Soeur Clotilde
Jean-Roger Caussimon	...	L'évêque
Mario David	...	Le voleur du bidon d'huile
Jacques François	...	Le colonel
Maria Mauban	...	Joséfa Cruchot
Madeleine Delavaivre	...	Soeur képi Gerber
Micheline Bourday	...	Mme Cécilia Gerber
Jacqueline Jefford	...	Soeur carrure rugbyman
René Berthier	...	Berthier, l'adjoint du colonel

Also Known As:

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (UK) (video title)
El gendarme y los extraterrestres (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
De gendarme ziet ze vliegen (Netherlands) [nl]
Il gendarme e gli extraterrestri (Italy) [it]
Louis unheimliche Begegnung mit den Außerirdischen (West Germany) [de]
Mennene fra Mars (Norway) [no]
O Gendarme e os Extra-Terrestres (Brazil) [pt]
O Gendarme e os Extraterrestres (Portugal) [pt]
O horofylakas kai oi exogiinoi (Greece) [el]
Süper jandarma (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Ursäkta var är mitt tefat (Sweden) [sv]
Zandarm i kosmici (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

96 min | Spain:86 min (DVD edition)

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | West Germany:6 (nf) | Argentina:Atp | Norway:11 | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Plage de Pampelonne, Var, France

Company:

Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France : # 49700. Avec l'aimable autorisation de Paul Loup Sulitzer (Domaine de la Capella)

Movie Connections:

Follows Le gendarme en balade (1970)

Better each time you view it!

This comedy is full of background jokes which you don't spot the first time round, (or even 3rd time). Funes is brilliant. We saw this several times on a rainy holiday! My kids loved it.

The plot meanders a bit. Comedy without gross-out, those were the days!!