The Gendarme of Champignol | |
Director: | Jean Bastia |
Producer: | Marcel Roux |
Music: | Richard Cornu Paul Misraki |
Cinematography: | Marc Fossard |
Editing: | Jacques Desagneaux |
Studio: | Chronos Films |
Distributor: | Cinédis |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | France |
The Gendarme of Champignol (French: Le gendarme de Champignol) is a 1959 comedy film directed by Jean Bastia and starring Jean Richard, Roger Pierre and Noël Roquevert.[1] [2] It also featured Véronique Zuber, the 1955 Miss France winner. Location shooting took place around Val-d'Oise. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Mandaroux. It is a sequel to the 1957 film Nous autres à Champignol and was followed by Le caïd de Champignol a third and final entry in the series in 1966.
Claudius Binoche is a gendarme in Champignol, falls in love with the new post office girl Suzette Binoche. When she disappears after receiving a mysterious telegram from the village of Buzy, Claudius secures a transfer there. The area is haunted by a notorious robber, who turns out to be none other than Suzette's brother Vittorio.