The Sad Sack
Tire au flanc
Release: 1950-11-10
·Runtime: 87m
Comedy
Thanks to a bit of string-pulling by his aunt, Jean du Bois d'Ombelles, a young recruit who has blue blood in his veins, hopes to go through a nice and comfortable military service. Unfortunately he becomes Corporal Bourrache's pet aversion. Nevertheless, against all expectations, Jean ends up taking a liking for military life.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films Fernand Rivers
Cast
Rivers Cadet
Pierre Bertin
as Le colonel
Eddy Rasimi
as Muflot
Robert Hasti
Serge Grave
as Trimballe,
Palmyre Levasseur
as La caissière
Jacques Denoël
Van Doude
as Le caporal Bourrache
Solange Varenne
Francis Blanche
as Jean du Bois d'Ombelles
Paulette Dubost
as Georgette
Maurice Baquet
as Turlot
Jacques Roux
Thérèse Dorny
as Mme Blandin d'Ombelles