Is the movie The Gendarme Takes Off available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?
At Stream Tracker, we take a look at classics and where to find them today — including the Louis de Funès vehicle The Gendarme Takes Off. Part of the gendarme saga set in sun-soaked Saint-Tropez, the film follows Cruchot and his retired brigade as they don their old uniforms, ransack memories and turn the seaside town upside down to cure a comrade’s amnesia — with plenty of château scenes, marital squabbles and comic run-ins with a stuffy butler along the way. If you grew up on parade-ground slapstick and small-town police antics, this installment delivers that familiar blend of pratfalls, prideful gendarmes and nostalgic patrols. The film didn’t rack up major international awards, but it remains a beloved entry in a franchise built on Louis de Funès’s explosive comic timing. Below we check whether The Gendarme Takes Off is streaming now on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or AppleTV+, and how to watch it when it surfaces on those services.
Synopsis
Retired police chief Cruchot lives in his wealthy wife's lavish château, restless and chafing at the pampered life while squabbling with a strict butler who won’t let him do any real work. When an old colleague emerges from an accident with amnesia, the rest of the former squad reunites, spiritedly abducts him and takes him on a boisterous tour of their former haunts and shared memories. Clad once more in their familiar uniforms, the aging officers unleash a wave of nostalgic chaos across St. Tropez as they try to restore their friend’s past — and, in the process, reclaim the sense of purpose and mischief they’ve been missing.
Watch on which platform The Gendarme Takes Off
Updated on 12/03/2026Netflix
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Disney+
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Apple TV+
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