''The Adventures of Gerard'' is a 1970 British-Italian-Swiss adventure

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directed by

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and starring

Peter McEnery Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a retired English stage and film actor. Early life McEnery was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, to Charles and Ada Mary (née Brinson) McEnery. He was educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire. H ...

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and

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. It was based on the 1896 collection '' The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' by

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

Premise

Vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier, serves during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he is the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.

Cast

as Colonel Gerard *

as Theresa *

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

as Millefleurs * Mark Burns as Colonel Russell *

Norman Rossington Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in ''The Army Game'', the ''Carry On'' films and the Beatles' film '' A Hard Day's Night''. Early life Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, ...

as Sergeant Papilette * John Neville as

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as Santarem, Count of Morales *

Ivan Desny Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij; 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a Chinese-born actor of Russian descent. Early life Desny was born in Peking, China. Career Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted ...

as Gen. Lassalle *

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as Marshal Massena *

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* 1970 films 1970s adventure comedy films 1970s English-language films British adventure comedy films Films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle Films directed by Jerzy Skolimowski Films with screenplays by Jerzy Skolimowski Napoleonic Wars films United Artists films Films based on British novels Depictions of Napoleon on film Cultural depictions of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1970s historical adventure films British historical adventure films 1970s historical comedy films British historical comedy films 1970s British films {{adventure-film-stub

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