''I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything'' () is a 1973 French

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Pierre Richard Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a France, French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by some, such a ...

Plot

Pierre Gastié-Leroy (

) is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing (

Bernard Blier Bernard Blier (; 11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. Life and career Blier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. His rotund featu ...

). Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate in him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, antimilitaristic, social educator who dreams of saving three thugs, his "little guys," at the limit of delinquency. After several resounding failures that sent him to prison, Pierre is ordered by his father to join his factory to direct the social service. Tired of the venality of his father and the foolishness of the "little guys", Pierre hires them at the factory. They will have fun making mischief and being overzealous to convince the supervisors on increasing the working rhythms, denouncing the trade union leaders, battling a strike and finally, stealing 500 tanks to sell them to the black market. A demonstration of new remote-controlled missiles attended by the Minister for Defence turns into a fiasco. Injured in his pride, the father Gastié-Leroy wants to show the reliability of his product by pointing the fire at his own factory.

Cast

as Pierre Gastié-Leroy *

as Monsieur Gastié-Leroy * Didier Kaminka as Didier * Luis Rego as Luis * Georges Beller as Georges * Pierre Tornade as the police commissioner *

Daniel Prévost Daniel Prévost (; born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer. Early life Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie ...

as Morel * Danièle Minazzoli as Danou, the nurse * Nicole Jamet as Nicole * Hélène Duc as Madame Gastié-Leroy * Francis Lax as Antoine *

Pierre Repp Pierre Repp (5 November 1909 in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France – 1 November 1986 in Plessis-Trévise, France) was a French humorist and actor. His real name was Pierre Alphonse Léon Frédéric Bouclet. On 14 August 1930, he married Ferdinande ...

as Vernier, the factory director * Jean Obé as Oncle Léon, godfather of Philippe * André Thorent as Oncle Jean * Michel Delahaye as Oncle Paul * Xavier Depraz as Général Deglane * Jean Saudray as Morin * François Cadet as Félix * Victor Lanoux as a laborer * Teddy Vrignault as Staflikevitch, the Bulgarian * André Gaillard as the Social Security employee * France Rumilly as Laurence Deglane * Les Charlots ( Gérard Rinaldi,

Jean Sarrus Jean Sarrus (11 May 1945 – 19 February 2025) was a French actor, composer and singer. People know him best as a member of the legendary band Les Charlots. Life and career Sarrus was born in Puteaux. After being one of the bass players for Ro ...

, Gérard Filippelli, Jean-Guy Fechner) as Soldiers

References

External links

* 1973 films French comedy films 1973 comedy films 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub