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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

1976-01-07 · 74 min · ★ 5.3

Crime · Comedy

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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Directors
Patrice Leconte
Production companies
Gaumont
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

ColucheColucheL'inspecteur Charbonnier
Jean RochefortJean RochefortLe commissaire Pichard
Roland DubillardRoland DubillardGazul
Danièle EvenouDanièle EvenouGwendoline
Robert BerriRené
Jean LuisiJean LuisiBarbocelli
Billy BourbonJoseph Ordure
Olga ValéryOlga ValéryLa mère du médecin
Robert DalbanRobert DalbanL'entraîneur
Virginie VignonVirginie VignonOdette Jeandrin
Jean-Pierre SentierJean-Pierre SentierLe psychiatre
Ellen BahlEllen BahlMme Piazzorossicelli
Pierre Baudry
René BériardRené BériardLe majordome
Michel CharrelMichel CharrelLe boxeur
Jean-Pierre Elga
Patrick GuilleminPatrick GuilleminAngelo
Darling LégitimusDarling LégitimusRose
Jean PéméjaJean PéméjaLe joueur d'orgue de barbarie
Jacques PléeJacques PléeLe concierge

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