The Troops In New York(1965) ★

Seeing Cruchot attempt to play baseball as both pitcher and catcher is a masterclass in Louis de Funès' physical comedy . Why It Still Works

Though critics at the time were sometimes lukewarm compared to the original, the film was a massive commercial hit. It captures a specific "European sixties comedy" vibe—a mix of French wit and a colorful, idealized version of the Big Apple. Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot Michel Galabru as Warrant Officer Jérôme Gerber Geneviève Grad as Nicole Cruchot Jean Lefebvre as Lucien Fougasse The Troops in New York(1965)

The film is packed with the "simple, rip-roaring humor" that made the series a cultural phenomenon: Seeing Cruchot attempt to play baseball as both

From Cruchot’s bewildering attempt to navigate Manhattan's numbered streets to a ritualistic "ceremony" of cooking a French steak in a New York hotel room, the movie leans hard into the fish-out-of-water trope. Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot Michel Galabru