The Exchange Student (1967)
Les grandes vacances
84 min
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
- Release date
- December 1, 1967
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
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Cast
- Louis de Funès as Charles Bosquier
- Ferdy Mayne as MacFarrell
- Martine Kelly as Shirley MacFarrell
- François Leccia as Philippe Bosquier
- Olivier De Funès as Gérard Bosquier
- Claude Gensac as Isabelle Bosquier
- Maurice Risch as Stéphane Michonnet
- Jacques Dynam as Croizac, le livreur de charbon
- Dominique Davray as Rose
- Mario David as L'automobiliste
- Jean St. Clair
- Christiane Muller as Bosquiers' maid
- Denise Provence as Countess
- Françoise Girault as Vacationer with the dog
- Silvia Dionisio as Vacationer with the dog
- René Bouloc as Bargin
- Dominique Maurin as Michel, Philippe's comrade
- Guy Grosso as Chastenet
- Carlo Nell as Professor
- Daniel Bellus as Count
- Max Montavon as Morizot, professor
- Jacques Famery
- Paul Faivre as Owner of the chicken coop
- Douglas Read
- Colin Drake as Jenkins
- Jean Droze as Gardener of the “Boquet institution”
Crew
- Jean Girault · Director
- Jacques Vilfrid · Writer
- Jean Girault · Writer
- Maurice Jacquin · Producer
- Raymond Lefebvre · Composer
- Marcel Grignon · Cinematographer
- Jean-Michel Gautier · Editor
- Sydney Bettex · Production designer