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
Jacqueline deWit
as Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyle Bettger
as Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Éric Bielle
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
as Peter (archive footage)
Stuart Whitman
as A Future Man (archive footage)
Yvonne De Carlo
as The Actor's Wife (archive footage)
Charlotte Stewart
as Waitress (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher George
as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Russell
as Prostitute #5 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill McKinney
as Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burgess Meredith
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Nick Cravat
as José's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Donald Sutherland
as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michel Hazanavicius
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Dominique Farrugia
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Robert Redford
as Steven (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
as José (archive footage)
Christine Delaroche
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Roger Rudel
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Lauren Bacall
as Christelle (archive footage)
Angie Dickinson
as Jacqueline (archive footage)
Clark Gable
as The Actor (archive footage)
Ernest Borgnine
as Ernest (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
as Hugues (archive footage)
Jason Robards
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Roy Jenson
as Goon (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
Walter Brennan
as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward
as Frédéric's Agressor #2 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valentina Cortese
as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Sue Ane Langdon
as Prostitute #3 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Joseph
as Prostitute #4 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
as Yves (archive footage)
Ricky Nelson
as George's Friend (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
as The Fucking Oddball (archive footage)
James Franciscus
as Professor Hammond (archive footage)
Elaine Devry
as Prostitute #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Lettieri
as Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Yves Lafesse
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Charles Bronson
as The Indian (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
as The Professional Witness (archive footage)
John Qualen
as V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Dante
as 'Le Manchot' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gary Grimes
as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Serge Hazanavicius
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Frank Sinatra
as Frankie (archive footage)
Ned Beatty
as Frédéric (archive footage)
Randolph Scott
as Joël (archive footage)
Martin Balsam
as Callaghan (archive footage)
Pamela Tiffin
as Bikini Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teddy Wilson
as Huggy's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marc Cassot
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Jan-Michael Vincent
as The Helicopter Fan (archive footage)
Slim Pickens
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
Forrest Tucker
as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Penny Fuller
as Sosso (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart
as Jacques (archive footage)
Lana Turner
as Isabelle (archive footage)
Antonio Fargas
as 'Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bisset
as The Helicopter Woman (archive footage)
Martin West
as Police Officer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Évelyne Grandjean
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Paul Newman
as Dave (archive footage)
Dean Martin
as Dino (archive footage)
Jack Warden
as A Journalist (archive footage)
Josh Albee
as Steven's New Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lionel Abelanski
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Alain Chabat
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Colbert
as A Future Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Kelton
as Gaël (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrick Guillemin
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Gila Golan
as Professor Hammond's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
