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The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

19746.41h 30m

Overview

Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.

Directed by Pierre Tchernia
Written by Pierre Tchernia, René Goscinny
Produced by Raymond Leblanc
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Top Cast

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Jean-Paul Rondin

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Gaspard de Montfermeil

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

Commissaire Lalatte

Chantal Goya

Chantal Goya

Marie-Hélène Rondin

Prudence Harrington

Prudence Harrington

Miss Pamela Pendleton-Pumkin

Charles Denner

Charles Denner

Ministre des travaux public

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Paul Bourru

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

le facteur

Roger Carel

Roger Carel

Alberto Sopranelli

Annie Cordy

Annie Cordy

Ginette Lalatte

Themes & Keywords

daughterparis, francedisappearance

About The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang is a comedy film released in 1974 exploring themes of daughter, paris, france, disappearance. Directed by Pierre Tchernia, it stars Michel Serrault, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru. Here we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the pavement. The group has its own hierarchy, of course, and soon the conditions that drove them underground begin to manifest themselves without the influences of the Outside World.

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