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Status
Released
Release
1937
Runtime
1h 35m
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A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
31 Cast Members
Françoise Rosay
Margaret Molyneux
Michel Simon
Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Billy - le laitier amoureux d'Eva
Louis Jouvet
Archibald Soper, évèque de Bedford
Nadine Vogel
Eva - la secrétaire des Molyneux
Henri Guisol
Buffington - un journaliste alcoolique
Jenny Burnay
Madame Pencil - la cuisinière des Molyneux
Agnès Capri
la chanteuse des rues
Annie Cariel
Elisabeth Soper - la femme de l'évêque
Jeanne Lory
Mrs. McPhearson - la tante d'Irwin qui perd la tête
Madeleine Suffel
Victory - la dame de compagnie de Mrs. McPhearson
Sinoël
Le gardien de prison
René Génin
le balayeur
Max Morise
James, le domestique des Molyneux
Marcel Duhamel
le fêtard amoureux des enterrements
Ky Duyen
l'hôtelier chinois de Soho
Pierre Alcover
l'inspecteur-chef de Scotland Yard Bray
Jean-Louis Barrault
William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers
Margot Capelier
la cliente du salon de thé (uncredited)
Claudye Carter
Une figurante (uncredited)
