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"; another English release title is Rookies Run Amok) 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 direct sequel Sadsacks Go to War (Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre) (1974). Note: the 1983 Les Charlots movie Le Retour des bidasses en folie ("The Return of the Mad Sadsacks") isn't a sequel contrary to its title.

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 the rifles for the first time.

Gérard (Gérard Rinaldi) reluctantly aims his rifle in the shooting range.

Phil (Gérard Filipelli) with the MAS-36 in the shooting range.

Luis (Luis Rego) marches with his rifle.

Soldiers with MAS-36s on maneuvers.

OF 37 hand grenade

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

OF 37 hand grenade with Mle 1935 fuze

Sgt. Bellec shows an OF 37 hand grenade.

Jean-Guy (Jean-Guy Fechner) manages to throw a grenade on a tree.

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