The American Beauty
La Belle Américaine
Release: 1961-09-29
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.0
Comedy
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Le Film d'art
Corflor
Panoramas-Films
Cast
Pierre Tchernia
as Announcer
Jean-Marc Thibault
as Effeminate Young Man
André Badin
as The 'big' gas station manager
Jacques Denoël
Alfred Adam
as Alfred
Bernard Dhéran
as Mr. Jean
Jacques Balutin
as Inspector Balutin
Jean Gras
as The dauber
Michel Modo
as Slovak
Colette Brosset
as Paulette Perrignon
Jean Lefebvre
as Chougnasse
Jacques Charrier
as Motorist
Roger Pierre
as Snob in Sports Car
Dominique Maurin
as Hairdresser's son
Claude Piéplu
as Me Fachepot, notary
Louis de Funès
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Bruno Balp
as Gas station attendant
Guy Grosso
as Barbemont
Christian Marin
as Pierrot
Philippe Dumat
as Gas station employee
Jacques Fabbri
as 'Le gros' / Fatso
Catherine Sola
as Isabelle Zoutin
Jean Carmet
as Burglar
Gilberte Géniat
as Mrs. Zoutin
Michel Serrault
as Tramp
Robert Burnier
as Houche
Pierre Dac
as Colonel
René Sarvil
as Bargeman
Christian Duvaleix
as Vicar
Hélène Dieudonné
as Granny
Max Favalelli
as Ambassador
Robert Dhéry
as Marcel Perrignon
Annie Ducaux
as Mrs. Lucanzas
Jacques Legras
as Riri, cafe owner
Robert Rollis
as Maurice, aka 'Le Lapin', hairdresser
