The Five Crazy Boys (Les Bidasses en folie)

The Five Crazy Boys (Les Bidasses en folie) Original Movie Poster Country France Directed by Claude Zidi Release Date 1971 Language French Studio Les Productions Belles Rives Main Cast Character Actor Gérard Gérard Rinaldi Jean Jean Sarrus Phil Gérard Filipelli Jean-Guy Jean-Guy Fechner Luis Luis Rego Sgt. Bellec Jacques Seiler The Colonel Jacques Dufilho Creme Marion Game

The Five Crazy Boys (original title Les Bidasses en folie, "The Sadsacks are Mad") is a 1971 French comedy directed by Claude Zidi and starring a popular French comedy group (a quintet at that time) Les Charlots as five musicians who pass through various adventures both in music, love and at last military service when they are summoned to army. The film was followed by a sequel Sadsacks Go to War (Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre) (1974).

The following weapons were used in the film The Five Crazy Boys (Les Bidasses en folie):

MAT-49

Some French soldiers carry MAT-49 SMGs.

MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm

A soldier at the left carries a MAT-49.

MAS-36

Most French soldiers, including the five main characters, carry MAS-36 rifles.

MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French

The five friends hold rifles first time.

Gérard (Gérard Rinaldi) on the shooting range.

Phil (Gérard Filipelli) on the shooting range.

Luis (Luis Rego) marches with his rifle.

Soldiers with MAS-36s on maneuvers.

DF 37 hand grenade

DF 37 hand grenades are seen in hands of Sgt. Bellec (Jacques Seiler) and several soldiers.

DF 37/46 hand grenade with Mle 1935 fuse.

Sgt. Bellec shows a DF 37 hand grenade.

Jean-Guy manages to throw a grenade on a tree.

Phil readies a grenade with the help of his own teeth.