Faites sauter la banque!

• Louis de Funès: Victor Garnier
• Yvonne Clech: Eliane Garnier
• Jean -Pierre Marielle: André Durand- Mareuil
• Anne Doat: Isabelle Garnier
• Georges Wilson: policeman
• Jean Valmont: Philippe Brecy
• Claude Piéplu: Priest
• Georges Adet: Gerber
• Alix Mahieux: Poupette
• Michel Dancourt: Casimir
• Catherine Demongeot: Corinne Garnier
• Michel Tureau: Gérard Garnier
• Guy Grosso: a customer

Baldwin, the safecracker ( Original Title: Faites sauter la banque ) is a French film comedy from 1964 with Louis de Funès in the lead role.

Action

Victor Garnier is the owner of a business for hunting and fishing. He leads a contemplative petty bourgeois life until he invests on the advice of the Director of his bank the entire the family savings in equities. When the securities are worthless shortly thereafter, feels betrayed by Garnier bank director, especially since this seems to lead a luxurious life.

Garnier wants his money back. Together with his wife and children, he digs a tunnel to the opposite bank building to address the lockers there. The fact that his eldest daughter falls in love with one of the bank employees, it is first not right. After overcoming a number of complications they reach the vault instead of the locker area. The enamored bank employee, who was unwillingly an accomplice, corroborated on bank side the breakthrough again. The demolition of the tunnel, which is to obliterate all other traces, but fails first.

Well it turns out that the bank manager had already served on the bullion in the vault. To disguise his theft he left gold-coated lead ingots. Not to be betrayed by Garnier, who has nothing to lose, promises the bank manager, recover the money lost by the Garnier's renewed market speculation. With a delayed explosion in the tunnel, the film ends.

Reviews

"With his typical wit sizzles Louis de Funès is a fun provincial farce here. A film has to say about the country, people and French humor a lot. "

" In parts hearty comic Louis de Funès - movie. "