Let us know your favorite Cruchot moment in the comments! The Gendarme in New York (1965)
The Saint-Tropez police squad is honored with an invitation to represent France at an . Cruchot is strictly forbidden from bringing his daughter, Nicole (Geneviève Grad), but the rebellious teen has other plans. She sneaks aboard the SS France as a stowaway, turning her father’s professional triumph into a paranoid nightmare. The Troops in New York(1965)
Though critics at the time were sometimes lukewarm compared to the original, the film was a massive commercial hit. It captures a specific "European sixties comedy" vibe—a mix of French wit and a colorful, idealized version of the Big Apple. Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot Michel Galabru as Warrant Officer Jérôme Gerber Geneviève Grad as Nicole Cruchot Jean Lefebvre as Lucien Fougasse Let us know your favorite Cruchot moment in the comments
In one of the most famous sequences, Cruchot finds himself in the middle of a choreographed gang face-off in a playground, paying a chaotic tribute to the iconic musical. She sneaks aboard the SS France as a
From Cruchot’s bewildering attempt to navigate Manhattan's numbered streets to a ritualistic "ceremony" of cooking a French steak in a New York hotel room, the movie leans hard into the fish-out-of-water trope.
The film is packed with the "simple, rip-roaring humor" that made the series a cultural phenomenon:
Seeing Cruchot attempt to play baseball as both pitcher and catcher is a masterclass in Louis de Funès' physical comedy . Why It Still Works