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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Directed by Gérard Oury
Overview
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane’s country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who’s returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert’s dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who’s about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Rated G | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Louis de Funès | Suzy Delair | Marcel Dalio | Claude Giraud | Renzo Montagnani | Janet Brandt | André Falcon | Xavier Gélin | Henri Guybet | Popeck | Miou-Miou | Denise Provence | Jacques François | Claude Piéplu | Georges Adet | Paul Bisciglia | Philippe Brigaud | Gérard Darmon | Noël Darzal | Michel Duplaix | Robert Duranton | Malek Kateb | Michel Fortin | Micheline Kahn | Abderrahmane El Kébir | Pierre Koulak | Alix Mahieux | Maria Gabriella Maione | Catherine Marshall | Jean-Jacques Moreau | Yves Peneau | André Penvern | Denise Péronne | Roger Riffard | Michel Robin | Dominique Zardi | Ari Aricardi | Baaron | Charles Bayard | Christine Boisson | Guy Bonnafoux | Robert Chevrigny | Jérôme Deschamps | Robert Favart | Marcel Gassouk | Robert le Béal | Olivier Lejeune | Francis Lemaire | Paul Mercey | Clément Michu | Frédéric Norbert | Jacques Pisias | Vincent Ropion | Annick Roux | Zvee Scooler | Raymonde Vattier | Pierre Vaudier