Crooks in Clover

Crooks in Clover

7.7IMDb Score
Released:1963-11-27
Genre:Comedy, Crime
Duration:111 min
Country:France, Germany, Italy
Director:Georges Lautner
Actors:Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche, Claude Rich, Pierre Bertin
Production:Gaumont, Corona Filmproduktion, Ultra Film - Sicila Cinematografica

Overview:

An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.

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