Apalled to see how sleepy and apathetic his students have become, headmaster Saint-Just enrolls the help of a gym teacher and an inventor to sabotage all the TV antennas of Paris. The police is soon called to solve the mystery as the professor and his crew slowly move towards their ultimate goal of spraying the transmitter atop the Eiffel tower. Best print: X0109 ; 2nd best: X0032.
Credits: Producer, Georges Cheyko ; director, Jean-Pierre Mocky ; writers, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Claude Pennec, Alain Moury ; photography, Marcel Weiss ; music, Francois de Roubaix ; editor, Marguerite Renoir ; art direction, Pierre Tyberghien.
Cast: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Poiret, Jean Tissier, Michel Lonsdale, Karin Balm.
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ACMI Identifier
X000109
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)