The American Beauty (1961)
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.
Rated
12
Year
1961
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
29 September 1961
TMDB
6.0 (65)
CineVerse
— (0)
Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
Robert Dhéry
Marcel Perrignon
Colette Brosset
Paulette Perrignon
Louis de Funès
Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Michel Serrault
Tramp
Jean Lefebvre
Chougnasse
Alfred Adam
Alfred
Robert Burnier
Houche
Pierre Dac
Colonel
E
Eliane D'Almeida
Simone
Bernard Dhéran
Mr. Jean
Annie Ducaux
Mrs. Lucanzas
Jacques Fabbri
'Le gros' / Fatso
B
Bernard Lavallette
Minister of Commerce
Jacques Legras
Riri, cafe owner
Christian Marin
Pierrot
Robert Rollis
Maurice, aka 'Le Lapin', hairdresser
René Sarvil
Bargeman
Catherine Sola
Isabelle Zoutin
Pierre Tchernia
Announcer
Jean Carmet
Burglar
Jacques Charrier
Motorist
Christian Duvaleix
Vicar
Roger Pierre
Snob in Sports Car
Jean-Marc Thibault
Effeminate Young Man
André Badin
The 'big' gas station manager
Bruno Balp
Gas station attendant
Jacques Balutin
Inspector Balutin
D
Didier Daix
Bernapic
F
Franck Daubray
Robert Destain
Inspector
Jacques Denoël
Hélène Dieudonné
Granny
Philippe Dumat
Gas station employee
Max Favalelli
Ambassador
M
Maurice Gardett
Grougnache
Gilberte Géniat
Mrs. Zoutin
Jean Gras
The dauber
Guy Grosso
Barbemont
Michel Modo
Slovak
Dominique Maurin
Hairdresser's son
B
Brigitte Peynaud
Claude Piéplu
Me Fachepot, notary
N
Nono Zammit
Gas station attendant
A
André Zibral
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