The best Jacques Legras’s comedy movies

Jacques Legras

Jacques Legras

25/10/1923- 15/03/2006
Today we present the best Jacques Legras’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jacques Legras’s movies.
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The American Beauty

The American Beauty
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/09/1961
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more

The Restaurant

The Restaurant
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/09/1966
  • Character: L'agent de police
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime (Louis de Funès), is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.

The Little Bather

The Little Bather
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/03/1968
  • Character: Le curé
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...

The Four Charlots Musketeers

The Four Charlots Musketeers
5.4/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedy
  • Release: 13/02/1974
  • Character: Alexandre Dumas / L'écrivain
This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.

Sex Shop

Sex Shop
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 25/10/1972
  • Character: Albert
On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to transform his library, hardly flourishing, into a sex shop. This change of activity proves to be very lucrative and sharpens his desire to spice up his married life through various erotic experiences. Claude asks his wife to share with him the audacity he dreams of. Soon, the household meets a dentist and his wife and is engaged, without much success, to new discoveries. Isabelle, full of good will, tries to follow her husband ...

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
6.1/10
The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge in Canada.

A Mouse with the Men

A Mouse with the Men
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/07/1964
  • Character: Un inspecteur
Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, frequently to attend meetings and demonstration with customers. His boss trusts him so much that his agenda is always full... at least, that's what he say to his wife! In fact, Marcel and Francis' incomes come from their night job: thieves! Here at least, they are professional. Troubles arise when, during one robbery, they encounter a young, high-pitched voice, candid girl who takes the decision to become their associate in crime... for the fun!

A Slightly Pregnant Man

A Slightly Pregnant Man
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/09/1973
  • Character: Leboeuf
Marco Mazzetti, a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène and their young child. After a series of dizzy spells, he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-month pregnant. Marco then becomes internationally famous...

The Stud

The Stud
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/02/1970
  • Character: M. Pointard
Veterinary surgeon William Chaminade is having a peaceful holiday in the South of France when he is witness to an event that will change not only his life but the destiny of France! A young woman tries to kill herself by jumping from the upstairs window of the hotel where he is staying. Thanks to the services of a passing athlete, the woman is unharmed, and she reveals that her distress is down to her husband’s apparent lack of interest in her. Immediately, Chaminade has a brainwave. He will open a special centre for people like this unfortunate young woman, who will be able to satisfy their romantic needs, at the tax payers’ expense. All is well until this innovative ’pleasure centre’ draws the attention of an over-zealous tax inspector, Dupuis...

Charlots Go to Spain

Charlots Go to Spain
4.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/12/1972
  • Character: Le conducteur
Four friends from Paris are living misadventures of all sorts in Spain when their group of travelers is forced to split due to a travel scam.

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 17/01/1979
  • Character: the foreign agent
Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...

Lady L

Lady L
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/12/1965
  • Character: Un inspecteur de police
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

Your Money or Your Life

Your Money or Your Life
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/04/1966
  • Character: Tapu
Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank.

Peek-a-boo

Peek-a-boo
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/10/1954
  • Character: Le présentateur du spectacle, un moine
A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.

What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?

What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
5.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/08/1980
  • Character: Maurice Vasselin, l'agent du fisc
Gaby is happy. After eighteen years of work, he is a flourishing mechanist. But one day, the mechanic of his life is out of order. He discovers that his assistant is in love with his wife. This one runs away with her daughter in law. So, Gaby's friends imagine a gambit to find them, at the moment where father and son enjoy pleasures of single life.

My Pastor Among the Thais

My Pastor Among the Thais
2.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/07/1983
  • Character: Monsieur Ping
Maximin, priest in a little village in the South-West of France, inherits from his brother a brothel in Thailand, although he's always been told it was a very strict catholic school. The journey to Asia is full of surprises (a plane hi-jack, pirates...) and once in Thailand, Maximin is taken into 'political' turmoils.

The Four Charlots Musketeers 2

The Four Charlots Musketeers 2
5.2/10
This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
4.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/02/1989
  • Character: Vendeur de machines à écrire
A warm summer in Montreal. Two black men, Man and Bouba, share an apartment. Man is an ambitious author, writing on The Great Novel. Bouba is a lazy amateur philosopher who quotes the Koran. Man's habit of picking up young white women makes many young white men jealous...

L'associé

L'associé
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/08/1979
  • Character: Inspecteur Pernais
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Le Jour se lève et les conneries commencent

Le Jour se lève et les conneries commencent
2.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/06/1981
  • Character: Charles Landrieux

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