The Cupboard Was Bare
L'Armoire volante
Release: 1948-10-29
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Crime
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Cast
Berthe Bovy
as Madame Léa Lobligeois
Marcel Pérès
as Frejus
Paul Demange
as 'Le Frisé'
Rivers Cadet
as Boirot (uncredited)
Marcel Loche
as Cornu (uncredited)
Albert Michel
as Agent (uncredited)
Fernandel
as Alfred Puc
Albert Dinan
as 'P'tit Louis'
Marcel Melrac
Yves Deniaud
as Monsieur Martinet
Annette Poivre
as Mimi
Gaston Modot
as Gangster
Jean Toulout
as Actor
Jean Daurand
as Young groom
Jacques Tarride
as Auctioneer
Robert Pizani
as Medic
Pauline Carton
as Mrs. Ovide
Louis Florencie
as Notary
Maximilienne
as Salvation Army commander
André Bervil
as First regular
Jean Témerson
as Second regular
Édouard Francomme
as (uncredited)
Marcelle Monthil
as Client
René Hell
as Stage manager
Albert Broquin
as Inspector (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as Salvationist (uncredited)
Germaine Kerjean
as Madame Coufignac
Katherine Kath
as Actress
Edmond Beauchamp
as Commissioner
Frédéric O'Brady
as Inspector (uncredited)
Nina Myral
as First gossip
Antonin Berval
as 'Grand Charles'
Palmyre Levasseur
as Actress (uncredited)
