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
Marcel Rouzé
as Brigadier
Michel Simon
as Benoit, chief guard
Robert Dalban
as Vauclin, inmate gangster
Charles Bouillaud
as Blafard, forger inmate
Darry Cowl
as Maître Larigot
Ded Rysel
as Auguste Tuboeuf, inmate farmer
Michel Roux
as André Chauvin
Jane Helly
Maryse Martin
as Charlotte Tuboeuf
Paul Faivre
as Filasse, poacher inmate
Alice Tissot
as Madame de St-Leu
Paulette Dubost
as Justine Benoit
Lisette Lebon
as Rosette Benoit
Christian Alers
as Sub-prefect
Émile Genevois
as 'Petit Louis', burglar inmate
Henri Coutet
as Gustave