The Dope

Feb 5, 2003

1h 33m

★ 4.6

Overview

Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of marijuana that was engineered by the Nazis. Their decision to begin selling the stuff leads to a variety of people chasing after them.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Pathé Renn Productions

Neo Productions

M6 Films

Canal+

The Dope Trailers

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Cast

Alphonse Brown

Michaël Youn

Scotch

Vincent Desagnat

Dina

Zoé Félix

Le directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings

Kad Merad

Shaft

Alex Descas

Madame Batin

Ginette Garcin

Lord Fatal

Kool Shen

Perez / Le père de Perez

Lionel Abelanski

Dave

Maka Sidibe

Le spécialiste des Stups

Gad Elmaleh

Rudolf Maier

Hans Meyer

V.R.

Laurent Pons

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