97 minutes
8/20/1947
Bitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves there and starts living surrounded by a circle of colorful friends. Among them, the daughter of an auto maker but also a group of scientists who have developed "Aqua Simplex", a device that could enable motorists to fill their tanks with... water ! Panic sets in in the automobile industry and Bitru is appointed his friends' middle man to represent them on the various car makers directors' boards.
Pierre Brasseur
as Bitru
Claude Larue
as Alice
Jacqueline Pierreux
as Solange
Georges Rollin
as Noël
Armand Bernard
as Baron Hugues Casenove
André Alerme
as Paul Pelpail
Jane Marken
as Christine Pelpail
Roland Armontel
as Verneuil
Yves Deniaud
as Maclou
Pierre Sergeol
as Labrize
Paul Barge
as Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)
Albert Broquin
as Huckster (uncredited)
Maurice Chevit
as Cartoonist (uncredited)
Édouard Francomme
as Passerby (uncredited)
Fabien Loris
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Albert Malbert
as Doorman (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
as Passerby (uncredited)
Henri Niel
as Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)
Maurice Schutz
as Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)
Christian Simon
as Kid (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
as Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)