for a showdown but are disarmed and invited to a conference round the kitchen table, where all get horribly drunk on illegal whisky. Next day, Théo and a henchman come round to finish the job but, as they besiege the mansion, an old gentleman walks up. He turns out to be Antoine's wealthy father, calling to arrange Patricia's marriage. While he talks to Fernand, bullets keep coming through windows. The wedding is set, but before the ceremony Fernand has to get rid of Théo. Going to the distillery, a battle rages in which all Théo's men are killed but he escapes. Fernand then rushes to the church to give away Patricia. While everybody is inside, Théo drives up with a sub-machine gun, waiting to fell the wedding party as they emerge. On guard outside, Pascal blows up the car and its blazing wreck greets the newly-weds. Cast includes Lino Ventura: Fernand Naudin Jacques Dumesnil: Louis "the Mexican" Francis Blanche: Maître Folace, the lawyer Bernard Blier: Raoul Volfoni, the gambling manager Jean Lefebvre: Paul Volfoni, Raoul's brother Robert Dalban: Jean, the Mexican's butler Venantino Venantini: Pascal, the hitman Horst Frank: Théo, the distillery manager Charles Régnier: Tomate, distillery worker Mac Ronay: Bastien, gangster Henri Cogan: Freddy, gangster Sabine Sinjen: Patricia, the Mexican's daughter Claude Rich: Antoine Delafoy, Patricia's boyfriend Pierre Bertin: Adolphe Amédée Delafoy, Antoine's father Dominique Davray: Madame Mado, the brothel manager Philippe Castelli: the tailor Paul Meurisse: a passer-by (Théobald Dromard "Le Monocle") References External links Les Tontons flingueurs at www.filmsdefrance.com 1963 films Films directed by Georges Lautner French crime comedy films French gangster films German crime comedy films German gangster films Italian crime comedy films Italian gangster films 1960s French-language films Films about organized crime in France Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard 1960s Italian films 1960s French films 1960s German films