Overview
Adrien Moulinet, a modest encashing agent in the Nortier bank, is also an inventor in his spare time. His latest revolutionary creation is the motorized roller skate. His problem is to be able to market them. Jules Petitpas, a jobless adman, is the right man for that.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Roger Auguste Dumas
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Armand Henri Julien Thirard
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jean AurencheWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 22, 1943
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Cast
FernandelAdrien Moulinet
Paulette DubostArlette
Huguette VivierMonique- Dorette ArdenneGisèle
Jane MarkenMadame Hortense
André GabrielloNortier
Jean TissierMouillette
Roger DuchesneÉtienne- Paul AzaïsJules Petitpas
Georges ChamaratMonsieur Robert
Albert DuvaleixThe insurer of 'La Pie qui Veille'
Georges DoukingThe painter
Joe AlexThe negro shoe-shine boy (uncredited)
René AliéOne of the three gangsters (uncredited)
Odette BarenceyJules Petitpas's concierge (uncredited)
Rivers CadetThe bartender (uncredited)
Gustave GalletThe assistant office manager (uncredited)- GeskyThe office manager (uncredited)
- Charles LaviallePierrot, one of the three gangsters (uncredited)
Palmyre LevasseurThe Boulevard Suchet concierge (uncredited)
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