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I am trying to find a copy of a movie I saw many years ago, made in Canada whose title- I think- is
"The Strange Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs"
Any suggestions, thoughts or whatever
Thank you
Dear Saul: Well, a preliminary search turned up only one title that is similar, a French film called "The Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs" (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) released in 1973 in France, apparently. It is a comedy, about a bigoted Frenchman forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run (in Paris and its suburbs) from assassins and the police. It is available on DVD from France.
This film apparently was distributed by 20th Century Fox in the U.S. in 1973 as "The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob," but I don't know about Canada. The language is French (possibly it was subtitled or dubbed for U.S. release).
This is the only film I found with "Rabbi Jacobs" in the title. There is no Canadian film comedy I've yet located by that name, or any similar name. However, if it was remade in Canada as a tv movie or direct-to-video film, it might not have appeared on the sources that I've located so far (which include the Internet Movie Data Base and the National Film Board of Canada--but these are not exhaustive listings).
Even though it isn't Canadian, does this sound like the film you were thinking about? I hope so.
Or, if not, do you have any additional information that might help the search for information (such as a plot summary, etc.)?
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