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Status
Released
Release
1961
Runtime
1h 27m
The title role in the French comedy-fantasy A Martian in Paris is filled by Darry Cowl. The higher-ups in Mars want to learn all about that strange commodity, peculiar to the planet Earth, known as "Love". Darry soon figures out what makes the world go 'round when he meets the gorgeous Nicole Mirel. A Martian in Paris was obviously inspired by the 1960 American comedy A Visit to a Small Planet, which starred Jerry Lewis. Darry Cowl's imitation of Lewis is passable, but it certainly didn't fool the "Le Roi Crazy Jerry" idolators at Cahiers du Cinema and Positif magazine.
20 Cast Members
Darry Cowl
Pierre Dubois
Nicole Mirel
Liliane
Henri Vilbert
Monsieur Walter
Gisèle Grandpré
Madame Walter
Rolande Kalis
Lorène
Michèle Verez
The girl of Saint-Germain
Pierre-Louis
The reporter
Robert Eddie
Serge Berry
Pierre Vernot
Dany Berthier
René Charles
Jacques De Leon
Michel Bardinet
(uncredited)
Pierre Duncan
An inspector (uncredited)
Jean Franval
An inspector (uncredited)
René Hell
The traveling pencil merchant (uncredited)
Robert Le Béal
The Commissioner of Police (uncredited)
Laure Paillette
A lady at the police station (uncredited)
Guy Saint-Clair
(uncredited)