Op zekere dag worden de fysieke krachten van de gendarmerie van Saint-Tropez getest. Omdat ze allemaal niet voldoen aan de vereisten, wordt de gehele ploeg, inclusief inspecteur Cruchot, met vervroegd pensioen gestuurd. Ze maken echter misbruik van een periode van geheugenverlies van Fougasse om hun dienst opnieuw op te nemen...
Nee, helaas is De Gendarme op Drift nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Jean Girault | Director |
| Writing | Jean Girault | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Balducci | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jacques Vilfrid | Screenplay |
| Production | René Pignières | Producer |
| Sound | Raymond Lefèvre | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Pierre Montazel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Armand Psenny | Editor |
| Writing | Jacques Vilfrid | Dialogue |
| Production | Gérard Beytout | Delegated Producer |
| Art | Sydney Bettex | Production Design |
| Art | Georges Richard | Set Decoration |
| Art | Henri Sonois | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacques Cottin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michel Deruelle | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernande Hugi | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre Vadé | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Alain Darbon | Production Manager |
| Production | Georgette Darbon | Unit Manager |
| Production | Paul Lemaire | Unit Manager |
| Production | Jean-Jacques Lécot | Unit Manager |
| Production | Alex Maineri | Unit Manager |
| Production | Jean-Roch Rognoni | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Tony Aboyantz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thierry Chabert | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gilles Jolly | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean-Noël Jourdanet | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Edmond Séchan | Second Unit Director |
