The Gendarme Series

The Gendarme Series is a series of French comic films created by Jean Girault and Richard Balducci, starring Louis de Funès as the protagonist Ludovic Cruchot, a sergeant of the gendarmerie. The story focuses on the every-day life of the police troop of Saint-Tropez - a fashionable seaside town located on the French Riviera. Six films were released in a period of eighteen years, starting in 1964.

The Films
These are the movies of the series, listed chronologically by year of release:


 * 1964 - Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (aka The Troops of St. Tropez)
 * 1965 - Le Gendarme à New York (aka Gendarme in New York)
 * 1968 - Le Gendarme se marie (aka The Gendarme Gets Married)
 * 1970 - Le Gendarme en balade (aka The Gendarme Takes Off)
 * 1979 - Le Gendarme et Les Extra-Terrestres (aka The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials)
 * 1982 - Le Gendarme et les gendarmettes (aka The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes)