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Lieutenant Gilles Castelet would have liked to marry like anybody else. But he has always been under the sexual spell of Colonel Popoti's wife. Once returned to civilian life he tries desperately to escape her, all the more as she is now widowed and she shamelessly chases him away. One day, Gilles meets Charlie, a former army buddy. His friend, sorry about what happens to him, undertakes to rid him of the possession he is under.
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Lieutenant Gilles Castelet would have liked to marry like anybody else. But he has always been under the sexual spell of Colonel Popoti's wife. Once returned to civilian life he tries desperately to escape her, all the more as she is now widowed and she shamelessly chases him away. One day, Gilles meets Charlie, a former army buddy. His friend, sorry about what happens to him, undertakes to rid him of the possession he is under.
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Genre:Comedy
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Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:Babel Productions, Belstar Productions, Les Productions Fox Europa
Cast
Philippe Clair
Director
Michel Galabru
Lieutenant Gilles Castelet
Claude Melki
Charlie Caponi
Micheline Dax
Colonel Popoti
Carole Chauvet
Isabelle Popoti
Gilbert Servien
Authorizing officer
Yvonne Dany
Grocer
Ibrahim Seck
Sweeper
Jean-Pierre Elga
Military man
Alain Duhamel
Wounded man
Philippe Clair
French bus driver in India / voice of Gilbert Malki (uncredited)
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