La joyeuse prison
La joyeuse prison
Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.
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Cast
Christian Alers
as Sub-prefect
Henri Coutet
as Gustave
Charles Bouillaud
as Blafard, forger inmate
Michel Simon
as Benoit, chief guard
Lisette Lebon
as Rosette Benoit
Michel Roux
as André Chauvin
Marcel Rouzé
as Brigadier
Paul Faivre
as Filasse, poacher inmate
Alice Tissot
as Madame de St-Leu
Ded Rysel
as Auguste Tuboeuf, inmate farmer
Paulette Dubost
as Justine Benoit
Robert Dalban
as Vauclin, inmate gangster
Émile Genevois
as 'Petit Louis', burglar inmate
Darry Cowl
as Maître Larigot
Jane Helly
Maryse Martin
as Charlotte Tuboeuf