lose, leaving Maldwyn without a prized signature from Gareth Edwards and Mog still yet to witness a Welsh Grand Slam triumph. Caradog is found after the match, and Madame thinks he has died, but Odette fires a soda siphon on his face, and the story ends with Caradog warning his son of the dangers of overseas travel. Cast Hugh Griffith as Caradog Lloyd Evans Windsor Davies as Mog Jones Sion Probert as Maldwyn Novello-Pughe Dewi 'Pws' Morris as Glyn Lloyd-Evans Sharon Morgan as Odette Elizabeth Morgan as Josephine Marika Rivera as the Madame Dillwyn Owen as Will Posh Kim Karlisle as the Stripper Mici Plwm and Malcolm Williams as the Gendarmes Clive Gilvear as the big Frenchman Production Writing Wales' 16-9 defeat on the day of the match led to a rewrite of some of the film's closing scenes and a new scene with Mog and Maldwyn contemplating next year's Wales v France fixture at Cardiff Arms Park (which saw Wales beat France 16-7 to win the Grand Slam and the 1978 Five Nations). Filming Many of the film's interior scenes were filmed at the BBC Wales club in Newport Road, Cardiff with filming in Paris taking place over several days in February 1977, when Wales' match with France took place at Parc des Princes during the second round of matches in the 1977 Five Nations Championship. The airport scenes were filmed at Broadcasting House, Cardiff and Cardiff Airport. Release Originally the film was to run for 75 minutes, but just a few days before its first network broadcast on 17 March 1978, it was ordered to be cut down to an hour as a result of industrial action (a prelude to the Winter of Discontent). The film, which remains iconic in Wales, marked the penultimate role of actor Hugh Griffith, who died in 1980. Legacy In 2017, it was named as the greatest Welsh film of all time, praising the "great naturalistic comic performances." References External links BBC Television shows 1970s sports comedy films 1978 films Welsh films Films set in Wales Films set in Paris Rugby union films 1978 comedy films English-language Welsh films