

100 minutes
12/11/1952
Modest fifty-something, Mr. Perle, is a baker in a small provincial town. He lives there with an authoritarian woman and her cousin, a parasite who poisons his existence. A Parisian notary writes to the hero to ask him to come and take possession of an inheritance. In Paris, Perle meets a pretty adventuress.

Noël-Noël
as Mr. Perle

Arlette Poirier
as Maud

Marie Glory
as Juliette

Gaston Orbal
as Norbert

Simone Paris
as Béatrice Dupont-Vallier

Jean Galland
as Docteur Briquet

Jean Toulout
as Adrien Bontoux

Luce Fabiole
as Mme Fournier

Louis de Funès
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo

Paul Amiot
as Le commissaire

Georgette Anys
as La patronne du bistrot de Romainville
Jean Barrère
as L'interne

André Carnège
as Albert Masson, le masseur de Juliette

Jean Clarieux
as Un cheminot de la S.N.C.F.

Jean Daurand
as Le laveur de carreaux de l'hôpital psychiatrique

Marcel Delaître
as Le bistrot de Romainville

Paul Faivre
as Le cafetier de Meung-sur-Loire

Gabriel Gobin
as Un homme au bistrot de Romainville

Charles Lemontier
as Le médecin

Sophie Mallet
as La bonne du curé

Robert Seller
as Le docteur Berthier

Georges Sellier

Paul Villé
as Le facteur
Pierre Duncan
as Le typographe (uncredited)

Luce Fabiole
as Mme Fournier (uncredited)

Grégoire Gromoff
as Un homme au bistrot de Romainville (uncredited)

René Hell
as Le contrôleur S.N.C.F. (uncredited)

Robert Le Fort
as Le barman de la Tour Eiffel (uncredited)
Robert Mercier
as Un agent (uncredited)

Robert Moor
as Un docteur du train (uncredited)
Max Mégy
as Le serveur de l'hôtel à Deauville (uncredited)

Émile Riandreys
as Un cheminot de la S.N.C.F. (uncredited)

Marcel Rouzé
as Un habitué du bistrot de Meung-sur-Loire (uncredited)

Eugène Yvernès
as Me Joseph Corbin, notaire (uncredited)