Louis de Funès

In 17th-century Spain, a wily servant saves his king from the intrigues of a tax collector.

Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle.

Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot is re-assigned to the French Riviera seaside resort town of Saint-Tropez where petty criminals and his own daughter give him a hard time.

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.

In 1942, a Royal Air Force airplane is shot down over Paris. The three pilots parachute out into the city where they are taken in by two French resistance fighters. They embark on an incredible journey to guide the Englishmen to safety in the free zone.