Politiet i Saint-Tropez iværksætter en større aktion mod farlige billister. Cruchot påtager sig ivrigt opgaven. Da han jagter en Mercedes, som kører alt for hurtigt, begår Cruchot selv en masse lovovertrædelser - for hvilke han bliver alvorligt irettesat. Cruchot opdagere senere, at den pågældende Mercedes holder parkeret foran politistationen, og han er meget opsat på at uddele bøder. Men det viser sig, at bilens ejer er den unge smukke Josépha, og Cruchot bliver øjeblikkeligt forelsket.

Politistyrken i Saint Tropèz er blevet udvalgt til at repræsentere Frankrig ved en international politi-kongres i New York. Cruchot's datter vil også gerne med til New York, men Far siger "Nej!". Hun sniger sig dog alligevel med som blind passagér på skibet, der skal sejle Saint Tropèz' stolte gendarm-korps til USA. Og naturligvis sker det et par gang under opholdet i New York at Cruchot "ser syner" (datteren), og nær er ved at blive erklæret utilregnelig af sin chef.

The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.

Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…

The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle...

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.

1981, Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France. Hilde Fritsch arrives to visit her old friend who has retreated to a spa hotel to escape the daily pressures of her life. Her friend is world-famous star Romy Schneider, but together, they appear like two regular women who are just happy to be reunited. Yet it quickly becomes apparent that Hilde is supposed to offer the support the sensitive actress needs to be able to truly face her own demons.

A small farmer's struggle for survival against the odds.

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.

Den smukke Angie Albright lever i et beskyttede og stærkt religiøst hjem. Derfor er hun ovenud lykkelig for endelig at kunne forlade det, for at flytte ind og begynde på college. Hendes værelseskammerat er ganske vist lidt vild og mere frigjort hvilket Angie forsøger at vænne sig til, men Angie opdager snart, at der findes langt værre ting at bekymre sig om end et rodet kollegieværelse.

Fantomas har en djævelsk plan. Han vil beskatte verdens rigeste mænd og lade dem få lov til at beholde livet til gengæld. De stakkels skattebetalere søger beskyttelse på et slot i det skotske højland, hvor parret kommissær Juve og journalisten Fandor prøver at standse mestertyvens fremfærd. Men som det plejer at ske, famler lovens lange arm i mørket, og de bliver nødt til at slås med spøgelser, falske lorder og snigmordere. Slottet er fuldt af fantomer, men hvor er den maskerede hævner?

Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman.

Da mestertyven Fantomas udfører en serie frække juvelkup i Paris får kommissær Juve hjælp fra en uventet side. Fantomas' dobbeltgænger, den karrierefikserede reporter Fandor, som gør fælles sag med politiet. Sammen begiver de sig ud i det sydende pariserliv for at fange skurken. Men Fantomas er ikke kun en juveltyv af høj rang, han er også verdens dygtigste forvandlingskunstner.

Tiden er Anden Verdenskrig, hvor nazisterne har besat den nordlige halvdel af Frankrig. Midt i Paris nødlander et engelsk bombefly, skudt ned af tyskerne, men besætningen undslipper i faldskærme, og i løbet af kort tid får de hjælp af franske borgere, som flygter sammen med dem tværs gennem landet, i retning mod den frie zone.

Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob er kendt som komedien, der trækker flest grin ud af sit publikum pr. minut, og betragtes af mange som Louis de Funès' bedste film. Denne holdning delte Golden Globe-juryen, da de nominerede filmen som "Bedste udenlandske film" - en ellers sjælden ære for en komedie. Legendariske Gérard Oury styrer med sikker hånd denne hysteriske historie, hvor vores spradebasse spiller den racistiske direktør Victor Pivert. På vej mod sin datters bryllup kidnappes han af en arabisk guerillaleder på flugt, og for ikke at blive dræbt må de stjæle tøj og identitet fra to berømte rabbinere. Jaget af terrorister, politi og de ægte rabbinere, skrues tempoet op i en grad, så mavemusklerne er sikre på at blive strammet op i latterkramper.

Adrien, 40 years old and totally immature, is dumped by Maude, 35 years old, eager to finally found a family. In an attempt to regain the love of his life, Adrien decides to move into the future ex-married apartment: a nursery home - The beginning, an improbable educational experience.

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...

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.

This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.