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The Adventures Of Rabbi Jacob

1974, Movie, NR, 100 mins

The Adventures Of Rabbi Jacob: Review

De Funes is a French Archie Bunker whose racism demands that Arabs, Jews, blacks and those other than his own race and nationality are all right in their place, which is not next to him. A comic with a penchant for burlesque--magnifying facial expressions, exaggerating physical reactions--he gets mixed up with an Arab coup d'etat, accidentally frees a kidnap victim, and gets involved in a fantastic chase, all on the way to his daughter's wedding. Most of the mayhem is contri... read more leave a comment