La Polka des menottes
La Polka des menottes
Release: 1957-09-04
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.8
Crime
Comedy
Elisabeth is persuaded to have killed her noisy upstairs neighbor, scientist Charles Magne. To save her, Mr. Matheu, Elisabeth's father, accuses himself while Pierrot, Elisabeth's fiancé gets rid of the body in order to save father and daughter. For his part, a gangster also believes he has killed the scientist but he gets shot down by a taxidermist, who runs for life. The girl, her daddy and her boyfriend also run away. But Magne is not dead. A bum is mistaken for him and a police inspector makes everyone believe that he is the one who shot the gangster. At the end of this crazy chain of events all the protagonists are reunited at the station house and everybody dances to express their relief.
Production Countries
France
Cast
Francis Blanche
as un voisin
Jean Lefebvre
as l'inspecteur Martial
Pascale Audret
as Elisabeth Matheu
Gaby Basset
as La trompettiste
Simone Berthier
as La bonne de Matheu
René Blancard
as M. Matheu, le père d'Elisabeth
Alain Bouvette
as Gaston, le livreur
Pierre Dac
as l'homme en caleçon au commissariat
Mischa Auer
as Charles Magne
Claude Rich
as Pierrot, le fiancé d'Elisabeth
Jacques Dynam
as le camionneur boulanger
