The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space(1979)
The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
Movie: The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
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Ludovic Cruchot
Jérôme Gerber
Henri Beaupied
Charles Taupin
Gaston Tricard
Jules Berlicot
Soeur Clotilde
L'évêque
Le voleur du bidon d'huile
Le colonel de gendarmerie
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