The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979)

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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.

• Released: 1979-01-31
• Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 36m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 695 votes

Directed by Jean Girault.

Top cast

• Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot
• Michel Galabru as Jérôme Gerber
• Maurice Risch as Henri Beaupied
• Jean-Pierre Rambal as Charles Taupin
• Guy Grosso as Gaston Tricard
• Michel Modo as Jules Berlicot
• France Rumilly as Soeur Clotilde
• Jean-Roger Caussimon as L'évêque
• Mario David as Le voleur du bidon d'huile
• Jacques François as Le colonel de gendarmerie

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

• United States: stream on France Channel Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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