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)