novel Albert Simonin dialogue Michel Audiard Georges Lautner
Produced by
Irénée Leriche Alain Poiré Robert Sussfeld
Starring
Lino Ventura Bernard Blier Francis Blanche
Cinematography
Maurice Fellous
Edited by
Michelle David
Music by
Michel Magne
Production company
SNEG
Distributed by
Gaumont
Release dates
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) (West Germany)
27 November 1963 (1963-11-27) (France)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
France, West Germany, Italy
Languages
English, German, French
Box office
$24.9 million[1]
Les Tontons flingueurs (English: Crooks in Clover, also known as Monsieur Gangster, literally Gun-toting Uncles) is a 1963 French-Italian-West German crime comedy film with French dialogue, directed by Georges Lautner. It is an adaptation of the Albert Simonin book Grisbi or not grisbi.[2] The film is the final installment in the Max le Menteur trilogy; it was preceded by Touchez pas au grisbi and Le cave se rebiffe.
The film was not popular with critics upon its first release in 1963, but was popular with the public. Its reputation has grown over the years to cult status and it is now a French television classic, with snatches of dialogue and names of characters (like the prostitute Lulu la Nantaise) becoming part of popular culture. Its DVD version, released in 2002, sold 250,000 copies.
One of the most famous scenes is set in a kitchen where the gangsters try to make conversation while drinking a vile and strong liquor. Screenwriter Michel Audiard considered the scene useless but director Lautner included it in homage to the film noir Key Largo.[3]
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^Anthony Palou (8 September 2009). "Les Tontons Flingueurs, toute une époque". Le Figaro.fr. Retrieved 30 November 2013..
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