Sénéchal the Magnificent
Sénéchal le magnifique
Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
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Cast
Henri Garcin
as L'auteur de la pièce (uncredited)
Fred Pasquali
as (uncredited)
Albert Dinan
as Léon Duchêne aka M. Léon
Manuel Gary
as (uncredited)
Nina Myral
as (uncredited)
Fernandel
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
Robert Pizani
as Le prince Alexandre
Suzanne Dehelly
as La malade
Paul Azaïs
as Le garagiste - mécanicien du car
Serge Nadaud
as L'acteur qui joue M.Serval
Pierre Stéphen
as Un joueur de poker
Madeleine Barbulée
as Mme Roberte
Charles Bayard
as Un militaire aux félicitations (uncredited)
Dominique Boschero
as Une élève (uncredited)
Sacha Briquet
as Le représentant en télévision
Gaston Orbal
as Le directeur du théâtre
Max Amyl
as Le majordome de la princesse (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
as Un accessoiriste (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
as Fred, régisseur de la troupe de théâtre (uncredited)
Laure Paillette
as Mlle Henriette - une accessoiriste (uncredited)
Georges Lannes
as Castel-Boissac
Georges Chamarat
as Le colonel Trochu
Jenny Astruc
Gérard Darrieu
as Un gangster (uncredited)
Simone Paris
as L'actrice qui joue Mme Serval
Jacqueline Caurat
as Nicole, une soubrette
Jeanne Aubert
as La colonelle Trochu
Marcel Bernier
as Un spectateur (uncredited)
Camille Guérini
as Le restaurateur (uncredited)
Roland Armontel
as Carlini
Jacques Mancier
as M. Bardin, responsable de la tournée théâtrale
Jack Ary
as Un gangster complice de Mado (uncredited)
Luce Fabiole
as L'habilleuse (uncredited)
Nadia Gray
as La princesse Marida Ludibescu
Hélène Tossy
as Mme Léon
