Mayor Barthelemey Piechut (Cyril Cusack) organises the erection of a new "pissoir" (a gentlemen's public convenience) in the centre of the small French village of Clochemerle.
He fails to anticipate the repercussions of this new "village amenity".
Actors: Nigel Green, Roy Dotrice, Peter Ustinov, Christian Roberts, Wendy Hiller, David Quilter, Bernard Bresslaw, Nita Lorraine, Raymond Gerome, Catherine Rouvel, Georgina Moon, James Wardroper, Cyril Cusack, Kenneth Griffith, Barry Linehan, Freddie Earlle, Cyd Hayman, Wolfe