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Although the film wasn’t shot in the city of Ingres, the phrase “On ne devrait jamais quitter Montauban” (“We should never leave Montauban”) will always be remembered. It’s a phrase coined by Lino Ventura that has become a cult favorite, but for the record, director Georges Lautner wanted to highlight a provincial town in three syllables, and his choice fell on our south-western town.