Le Crocodile (French pronunciation: [ kʁokod̪il]) (literally « The Crocodile », in English) was a cancelled film project of the French director Gérard Oury, which would have starred Louis de Funès (in the first attempt of the project) or Peter Sellers (in the second attempt) in the main role.

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Le Crocodile
Film poster, published in Le Film français on 11 April 1975, two months after the heart attack of Louis de Funès.
Le Crocodile
Directed byGérard Oury
Written byGérard Oury
Danièle Thompson
Josy Eisenberg
Jim Moloney
Produced byBertrand Javal
StarringLouis de Funès
Peter Sellers (in the 2nd attempt)
Régine Crespin
Aldo Maccione
Charles Gérard
Production
company
Films Pomereu
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
English (in the 2nd attempt)
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Plot

Crochet (literally « Hook », in English) is the dictator of a South American (or a South European) country, where the economic meltdown, the deprivation of liberty and the rebellions are part of the daily lot. Suddenly, everybody betrays him: the Americans drop him, the money he hid in Switzerland disappears, and his wife has an affair with the chief of the country's police and wants to make his lover the new leader of the country. To regain his popularity, Crochet organizes false bombings against himself. But he doesn't know that his wife and her lover had prepared real attacks.

Planned cast

Production

Gérard Oury thought of a movie about the dictatorship after the success of his previous movie, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, with Louis de Funès.

References

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