1974 film by Jean Yanne

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

天津卫有那么一群闲人，他们平日游手好闲，靠招摇撞骗生活甚至升官发财。苏鸿达（管新城 饰）就是这样一位闲人，整天混迹天津卫街头蹭吃骗喝，最大的梦想是有一天能成为侯四十六爷（张金元 饰）那样在天津卫呼风唤雨的大人物。这样的闲人在天津卫还有不少，例如放鹰的俞秋娘（杨淼 饰）、开报馆的严而信（李洪臣 饰）。因为一具河漂子，他们意外地和苏鸿达搅和到了一起，企图从侯四六爷等各界名流那儿大捞一笔。岂料，苏鸿达无意中发现一切竟是四六爷的计中计，他们都成了七七事变前夕四六爷投靠日本人的棋子…… 电影《天津闲人》根据林希同名小说《天津闲人》改编。