La Chèvre

• Pierre Richard: François Perrin
• Gérard Depardieu: Campana
• Pedro Armendáriz Jr.: police officer
• Corynne Charby: Marie Bens
• André Valardy: Meyer
• Michel Robin: Alexandre Ben
• Robert Dalban: technician

The idiot and his draft horse (also: A Dub Hazzard ) is a comedy from 1981 by Francis Veber, who also wrote the screenplay.

Action

During a holiday in Mexico, the clumsy daughter of the French bosses Ben disappears without a trace. First, he sends the private investigator die-hard Campana to Mexico, but fails in his quest. He suspects that gangsters could have kidnapped the daughter and sold to a brothel. In desperation, the girl's father decides on the advice of his associate Meyer to his subordinates François Perrin, who is as great Unlucky as his daughter, along with Campana to send to the search. Campana holds the idea Perrin could be found on the "same banana peels " as the daughter slip and how to find their trail, though for bullshit, decides, however, out of compassion for the desperate father to to make the journey.

Thanks Perrins "help" the girl is found after several coincidences, accidents and disasters, as it is located in a jungle hospital in the neighboring bed of Perrin.

Criticism

For the lexicon of international film The idiot and his draft horse is a " shallow comedy based on known patterns, which initially is committed to a little depth, but rapidly loses its pace and crazy logic. " The resulting for television re-synchronization of the film, A Dub rarely alone, set against " less on puns and verbal Klaumauk, thereby making the movie is gaining appeal and comedy. "

Background

The film was released on 9 December 1981 in the French and on 19 March 1982 in the German cinemas. The resynchronized version ran on 12 January 1985 for the first time in the German and in the same year in the DFF.

The film was shot at various locations in Mexico and in Paris. Under the title Pure Luck was released in 1991 a remake with Danny Glover and Martin Short in the lead roles.