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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

19765.21h 14m

Overview

A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...

Directed by Patrice Leconte
Written by Patrice Leconte, Gotlib
Produced by Marc Goldstaub
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Top Cast

Coluche

Coluche

L'inspecteur Charbonnier

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Le commissaire Pichard

Roland Dubillard

Roland Dubillard

Gazul

Danièle Evenou

Danièle Evenou

Gwendoline

Robert Berri

Robert Berri

René

Jean Luisi

Jean Luisi

Barbocelli

B

Billy Bourbon

Joseph Ordure

Olga Valéry

Olga Valéry

La mère du médecin

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

L'entraîneur

Virginie Vignon

Virginie Vignon

Odette Jeandrin

Themes & Keywords

franceasylumblack humortoiletbased on comicmurderspoofpolice investigationpolice commissionerduo

About The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside is a crime, comedy film released in 1976 exploring themes of france, asylum, black humor, toilet, based on comic, murder. Directed by Patrice Leconte, it stars Coluche, Jean Rochefort, Roland Dubillard. A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...

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