Rookies Run Amok
1971 · 85 min · ★ 5.6 · Comedy
Les Bidasses en Folie, a french movie from 1971, is a very short, easy to watch, slapstick hippie comedy.
Directed by Claude Zidi · Written by Claude Zidi
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Gérard Rinaldi Gérard -
Gérard Filipelli Phil -
Jean Sarrus Jean -
Jean-Guy Fechner Jean-Guy -
Luis Rego Luis -
Jacques Dufilho Colonel -
Marion Game Crème -
Jacques Seiler Sergeant Bellec - H Henri Leproux Radio hook host
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Aimable Phil's father - T Triangle Self
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Gérard Blanc Singer 'Martin Circus'
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