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Crooks in Clover (1963)

Documented locations
11
Year
1963
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Original title
Les Tontons flingueurs
Cities
Saint-Denis, Paris, Rueil-Malmaison, Boulogne-Billancourt, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Feucherolles, Epinay-sur-Seine
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  1. Paris, France

    Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile, Place Charles-de-Gaulle, west of the Champs-Élysées. Completed in 1836, it was built by Guillaume Abel Blouet, Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin, Jean-Nicolas Huyot, and Louis-Robert Goust in the neoclassical style, and it is listed as a historical monument.

    The scene : 10 minVisible during the opening credits, at night, then at 10 minutes and 26 seconds at dawn.

  2. Boulogne-Billancourt, France

    The scene : 14 minFrom 14 minutes 50 to 15 minutes 37: while stopped at a red light, Pascal explains to Fernand what is going on.

  3. Paris, France

    The scene : 1 hr 17 minAround 24 minutes: following in Patricia's footsteps, Fernand gets out of a Peugeot 404 taxi in front of Antoine's place, at the corner of Villa Seurat.

  4. Rueil-Malmaison, France

    The scene : 1 hr 35 minThe home of the 'Mexican': Fernand and Pascal ascend the steps — the municipal arts school and its semi-circular layout can be seen behind them — and it is here that the immense exchange of gunfire erupts.

  5. Paris, France

    Medieval church in the Charonne district of Paris (20th), one of only two in the capital to have an adjacent cemetery, located on the picturesque Place Saint-Blaise. In the Romanesque style, it is classified as a historical monument.

    The scene : 1 hr 44 minOn the forecourt, Fernand arrives at the wedding of his goddaughter Patricia and greets the "Monocle". The union with Antoine is celebrated inside, and it is there that, at the very end, the five uncles kneel on chairs to pray.

  6. Saint-Denis, France

    The scene : The film opens in "Montauban", at the construction equipment company run by Fernand Naudin.

  7. Paris, France

    The most famous avenue in Paris, connecting the Concorde to the Étoile.

    The scene : A scene on the avenue, at the beginning of the film.

  8. Fontenay-sous-Bois, France

    The scene : The bowling alley appears among the film's sets.

  9. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

    Forest house of the state forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines).

    The scene : Fernand Naudin and Pascal are picked up outside as they arrive at "Tomate".

  10. Feucherolles, France

    Former brickworks of Feucherolles, in Yvelines.

    The scene : Setting of the final scenes and the final shootout.

  11. Epinay-sur-Seine, France

    The Épinay Studios are a complex of film studios located in Épinay-sur-Seine, in Seine-Saint-Denis, and are among the oldest in France. Their origins date back to 1907, when industrialist Charles Jourjon founded the company Éclair, which became the third French firm behind Pathé and Gaumont in the 1910s. The studio itself was set up in 1913 and was then acquired by Éclair in 1914. By the end of the 1920s, the German company Tobis established one of the first sound studios in France at the same address, utilizing the Tobis-Klangfilm process; these neighboring facilities were absorbed by Éclair in 1938. The site long housed film sets and significant development and post-production laboratories, with its studios being taken over by the TSF group in 2009, before the opening of the nearby Cité du cinéma reduced their activity from 2012.

    The scene : Interiors of the film, including the famous scene in the kitchen and the tasting of artisanal alcohol, featuring lines written by Michel Audiard.