Gendarme in New York

The gendarme from Broadway ( original title: Le Gendarme à New York ) is a French comedy film from 1965 directed by Jean Girault and with the actor and comedian Louis de Funès. It is the second of six films about Gendarme of Saint- Tropez. The action takes place mainly in New York. The West German cinema release was on June 9, 1967. The film was shown in the German-speaking regions under the titles Thus a country policeman 's heavy and Louis in the land of opportunity, as well as in the GDR as The policeman in New York.

Action

Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot from Saint Tropez, played by Louis de Funès, receives an invitation with his men in an international police conference in New York to participate. On the boat, with which they can travel to the U.S., also Nicole, the daughter Cruchots hiding as a stowaway. Shortly after arriving Nicole is discovered and interrogated by the American police. With the help of a journalist who wants to bring their " fate as an orphan " on TV, but will be released without penalty.

Meanwhile Cruchot New York has reached. When does the French police delegation on the way to a television interview Cruchot sees his daughter on a screen in a television appearance. Now he is trying to find his daughter without his colleagues noticed that his daughter has made without his knowledge on the way to New York because his credibility as an authoritarian father and a policeman at stake.

Reviews

  • " Klamaukfilm, in which the comic talent of Louis de Funès seeks to compensate for the lack of imagination of the plot. " - Lexicon of international film
  • " Slapstick that comes through the conduct of the French province of gendarmes in the U.S. on their toes. " ( Rating: 2 ½ of 4 stars = above average ) - Lexicon " Movies on TV "

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