La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine
Release: 1993-12-31
·Runtime: 72m
·★ 7.6
Comedy
TV Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Dune
Cast
Frank Sinatra
as Frankie (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
as Christelle (archive footage)
Jan-Michael Vincent
as The Helicopter Fan (archive footage)
Valentina Cortese
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin West
as Police Officer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dominique Farrugia
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Serge Hazanavicius
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Ricky Nelson
as George's Friend (archive footage)
Patrick Guillemin
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Jean-Yves Lafesse
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Lana Turner
as Isabelle (archive footage)
Josh Albee
as Steven's New Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyle Bettger
as Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lionel Abelanski
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Ned Beatty
as Frédéric (archive footage)
Antonio Fargas
as 'Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage)
Walter Brennan
as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Nick Cravat
as José's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Joseph
as Prostitute #4 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill McKinney
as Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart
as Jacques (archive footage)
Clark Gable
as The Actor (archive footage)
Martin Balsam
as Callaghan (archive footage)
James Franciscus
as Professor Hammond (archive footage)
Jackie Russell
as Prostitute #5 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Dante
as 'Le Manchot' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Lettieri
as Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
as Hugues (archive footage)
Stuart Whitman
as A Future Man (archive footage)
Robert Colbert
as A Future Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marc Cassot
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Robert Redford
as Steven (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
as The Fucking Oddball (archive footage)
Pamela Tiffin
as Bikini Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Qualen
as V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Newman
as Dave (archive footage)
Jason Robards
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
as The Professional Witness (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bisset
as The Helicopter Woman (archive footage)
Jacqueline deWit
as Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Rudel
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Robert Mitchum
as Yves (archive footage)
Slim Pickens
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
Jack Warden
as A Journalist (archive footage)
Eddie Albert
as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
Angie Dickinson
as Jacqueline (archive footage)
Randolph Scott
as Joël (archive footage)
Burgess Meredith
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Charlotte Stewart
as Waitress (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Éric Bielle
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Donald Sutherland
as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forrest Tucker
as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Kelton
as Gaël (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christine Delaroche
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Ernest Borgnine
as Ernest (archive footage)
Elaine Devry
as Prostitute #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sue Ane Langdon
as Prostitute #3 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward
as Frédéric's Agressor #2 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teddy Wilson
as Huggy's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alain Chabat
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
as Peter (archive footage)
Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Bronson
as The Indian (archive footage)
Penny Fuller
as Sosso (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yvonne De Carlo
as The Actor's Wife (archive footage)
Christopher George
as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gary Grimes
as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Goon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Évelyne Grandjean
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Michel Hazanavicius
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Dean Martin
as Dino (archive footage)
Akim Tamiroff
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Gila Golan
as Professor Hammond's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
as José (archive footage)
