The Troops get Married (1968)

Whatever you have to say against the "The Troops Gets Marriad" you got to give it the credit for one merit: it didn't duplicate the same mistakes than the first sequel set in New York, and that includes the setting.

It's the first film in St Tropez four years after the one that launched the career of Louis de Funès. Four years is a lot, it means ten movies and maybe fifty millions of viewers, De Funès was the most popular star and seeing him in his gendarme uniform again had in 1968 a sort of back-to-the-roots feeling. The previous "Troops in New York" had severely overused his shtick at the expense of the six comedic talents surrounding him. But after several minutes watching him looking for his daughter, the formula got rapidly tiresome.

This time, the troop is back in its territory and there's just something in the performances that make you feel the actors are having fun being in good old Saint Tropez, each of the six other players is given a substantial part and even Galabru is more than a simple foil to De Funès' tantrums, it's just as if there was some maturity in the writing, something that took in consideration De Funes' previous successes, the best movies never relied totally on his performances and talent, no matter how good he was. And yes, "The Troops Gets Married" can't be labeled as the De Funes show, which is a good thing.

The film opens with the vacation rush (I was surprised that the English term was used at that time) with a sort of incognito assignment consisting on apprehending the vacationers who feel like the road belongs to them, the gendarmes all disguise as peaceful tourists and hitchhikers and the situations lead to a series of amusing gags, but even when they don't inspire belly laughs, they lead up to one of the greatest moment of the series, the first meeting between Ludovic Cruchot and the rich widow Josepha, played by Claude Gensac. There are a few pivotal movies in De Funès' career, this is one of them.

The moment's iconic value goes beyond the simple introduction of Josepha. Claude Gensac, who passed away on Decembrer 2016, has starred in ten De Funes' movies. In seven of them, she was his wife and that includes four of the 'troops' movie. There has always been in Gensac an illuminating smile, an optimism that played like the perfect counterpart to De Funès' excitability, she was the sweet and joyful yin to his tempestuous and grumbling yang. When she gets in the screen, you almost forget about the daughter and you're glad that the Troops' series stop relying on the youth- oriented tropes.

And what makes this film so memorable is that it is the only time where we see a love- at-first-sight moment between the two actors, when we can enjoy the romance growing between each of them, seeing the hot-tempered Cruchot suddenly disarmed by the sweet Josepha. It's actually one of the rare if not the unique instance where you can see De Funès in love, which for the first time gives him an excuse to tone down his usual mimics and let the other characters play for the jokes, even his daughter becomes the clown for one moment before she ends up getting along with Josepha.

De Funès wasn't exactly the romantic type and always refused to play the part of the cheating husband, but there was just the right chemistry with Gensac, even his wife Jeanne De Funès approved. And the film manages to translate their genuine chemistry into one of the most memorable ga

Fmovies: And once again gendarm Ludovic Cruchot starts the motor of his car. The holiday time ha begun and masses of tourists are expected. He and his gendarms are sent to controll the streets. And soon Ludovic notices a very quickly driving car of a woman. He starts the chase which finally ends at the police station where he meets her, a widow of a policeman...

This film is one of the gendarm series with Louis de Funés in his best role. It always makes fun to see those films and the great landscape around Saint Tropez - and of course, Saint Tropez itself. It absolutely fits to the summer time, to a warm summer evening, sometime in August, for example. Enjoy that great film!

it is the word who defines each part of series. and nothing surprising. because the genius of Louis de Funes has great support of the best partners. France Rumilly is the memorable example as the eccentric nun saving the poor Cruchot. Claude Gensac is the perfect lady colonel and her charm , ambition and noble feelings for Cruchot reminds the flavor of French Medieval literature about the love . and, sure, Michel Galabru who is just perfect as the brave Gerber. but, out of any doubt, the lead character is Saint Tropez. not surprising.

The Troops get Married fmovies. The third in a series of films about the gendarmes of Saint Tropez is also failing to keep up with the first, but it is better than the second and a decent choice when you want to rest your brain. The same team continues in the same manner and if you do not expect too much you will not be disappointed. I liked the comparison that I found in one of the reviews for this film, where the crazy nun, who in every movie appears at the right time to give a lift to Cruchot, is compared to Sandra Bullock in "Speed".

6,5/10

The third movie in the Gendarme series.Cruchot is a widower and he falls in love with a wealthy widow ,Josepha (Claude Gensac).But it seems that his daughter is not ready to accept Josepha and she first refuses her new "mother". A perfect movie if you just want to sit and laugh.

It is also got very catchy score like all of Gendarme movies. The movie itself is having a lot of practical jokes we see. Dialogue is also done very nice, so as events which help the story to keep going. It is also clearly visible that some of this movie's jokes had an influence on Yugoslavian comedy movies.

Editing is done nice so is camera's work(it is very flexible though). Nice 1960s French gem really! 7/10

The third installment in the Gendarme series.Cruchot is a widower and he falls in love with a wealthy widow ,Josepha (Claude Gensac).But his daughter is not prepared to accept it and she first refuses this new "mother" .But do not panic,things will turn out fine,under Saint Tropez's luminous blue sky.

The regular guests are all here .Cruchot's superior (Michel Galabru)is making it rough all over.Cruchot's colleagues are all present too.And let's not forget the inevitable Deux-Chevaux of the nun who appears in every episode of the saga. Sandra Bullock in "speed" a quarter of century before it happened.