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Overview
A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant. Renamed Teddy Morton and now a jockey, Amédée must ride a mare on which Ferdinand, advised by Parker, must bet. Absolutely convinced of his mystification, Parker bets on an oddball who, of course, loses, while at the last minute Galiveau, having bet on an outsider, wins a fortune. All Parker has to do is find another sucker.
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Release Date
- October 10, 1956
- Languages
- French
- Director
- Production Countries
- France
Cast

Louis de Funès
Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière

Fernand Gravey
Olivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc

Jean Richard
Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

Jacques Duby
Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton

Darry Cowl
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia

Micheline Dax
Lola d'Héricourt, une aventurière

Jacques Dufilho
Le garçon d'écurie

Max Révol
Le général des Empois

Robert Murzeau
Le tailleur, également turfiste

Guy Bedos
Fred Campuche, le jockey