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The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
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The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

1974-02-06 · 90 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy

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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Directors
Pierre Tchernia
Production companies
Les Films de la Seine, Albina Productions, ORTF, Raymond Leblanc
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michel SerraultMichel SerraultJean-Paul Rondin
Philippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretGaspard de Montfermeil
Michel GalabruMichel GalabruCommissaire Lalatte
Gérard DepardieuGérard Depardieule facteur
Gérard HernandezGérard HernandezHervé Balzac
Chantal GoyaChantal GoyaMarie-Hélène Rondin
Prudence HarringtonPrudence HarringtonMiss Pamela Pendleton-Pumkin
Charles DennerCharles DennerMinistre des travaux public
Jean CarmetJean CarmetPaul Bourru
Roger CarelRoger CarelAlberto Sopranelli
Annie CordyGinette Lalatte
Hubert DeschampsHubert Deschampsl'abbé Lestinguois
Françoise CingalSophie
Daniel IvernelDaniel Ivernelle clochard
Michel MullerMichel MullerNicolas

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