Title | : | Crooks in Clover |
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Release | : | 1963 |
Rating | : | 7.9 |
Language | : | French, German, English |
Runtime | : | 105 |
Genre | : | Action,Comedy,Crime |
Ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican". The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter. When a longtime mobster heavy, Volfoni takes exception to Fernand for being an outsider, they come after Fernand who is equal to the task. He defends himself in a series of comical killings from the onslaught of the mob.
Michel Audiard (dialogue), Georges Lautner (dialogue), Albert Simonin (novel)