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Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
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Original name: Des pissenlits par la racine
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put into a double bass case. A day later the gangster mysteriously has disappeared, but it turns out that he was carrying a bet ticket for a horse race now worth over a million. A turbulent run for the money begins.
Style:
dark comedy, surprise ending, crying, detective
Plot:
communism, dog, horse, fight, money, musician, dark humor, police officer, cat, gang, party, millionaire, female nudity, death, murder, criminal, rich man, investigator, priest, hospital, horse race, mental patient, jealousy, bet, german shepherd ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
montmartre paris, paris france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, detective, freeze frame and humorous films with plots about police officer, criminal, telephone call, dance scene, murder, bare chested male and photograph mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Dandelions by the Roots: The Troops of St. Tropez (1964), Lady of the Evening (1975), Banana Peel (1963), Jo (1971), Incorrigible (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The French comedy-drama of Marcel Ophuls, which came to the Paris yesterday.
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
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Selling author, Antoine Brisebard is a victim of a blackmailer, Jo, which threatens to jeopardize his reputation by revealing the past of his wife Sylvia. While the latter must pass the same night to take possession of the money required, Brisebard ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.
Style:
crying
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Genaro, in Napoli.
Plot:
heist, television, male protagonist, photograph, yacht, hospital, convict, tourist, female criminal, slut, drunkenness, dead body ...
Time:
year 1966, 20th century, 60s
Place:
napoli italy, italy, naples italy, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look ...
Style:
freeze frame, microfilm
Plot:
nobleman, basement, con men, robbery, intelligence, prosecution, secret formula, political persecution, reception, bakery, medal, secretly observing ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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694
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style:
lgbt cinema, semi serious, realistic, cynical, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
brighton, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, neo noir, crying, detective, freeze frame ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 1967, year 1968, 60s
Place:
europe, paris france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Titulní hrdina komediálního filmu je typický žižkovský frajer. S chytrostí a šarmem si vyřizuje otevřené účty s policejním inspektorem Mourkem, který ho chce stůj co stůj dostat do kriminálu. Jenže Fešák Hubert unikne z každé ...
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poliziottesco, detective, crying, period drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France, Italy
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Story:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, london, switzerland, england, europe ...
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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