Le Gendarme en balade is a French comedy film and the fourth instalment of the Gendarme series starring Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot and also known as "The Gendarme Takes Off" and "The Troops on Vacation". It is followed by two more films: Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres and Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes.
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Plot
Changes are coming for the Gendarmerie Brigade of Saint Tropez. The gendarmes are forced into retirement to make way for a younger breed. Even so, when they learn that one of them has had an accident and has become amnesiac, they reunite to help him get his memory back. Along the way, they have to stop juvenile delinquents to put a nuclear warhead on a rocket said youths built, while being pursued by their younger colleagues.
Cast
Louis de Funès : Ludovic Cruchot
Michel Galabru: Jérôme Gerber
Claude Gensac: Josépha
Jean Lefebvre: Fougasse
Christian Marin: Merlot
Guy Grosso: Tricard
Michel Modo: Berlicot
France Rumilly: Sister Clothilde
Nicole Vervil: Madame Gerber
Dominique Davray: The Abbess
Yves Vincent: The Colonel
Paul Préboist: The Groom
Ugo Fangareggi: Hippie
Reception
The film was the most popular at the French box office in 1970 with admissions of 4,870,609.