The Cupboard Was Bare
L'Armoire volante
Release: 1948-10-29
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Crime
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Cast
Katherine Kath
as Actress
Albert Michel
as Agent (uncredited)
Fernandel
as Alfred Puc
Berthe Bovy
as Madame Léa Lobligeois
Marcel Pérès
as Frejus
Pauline Carton
as Mrs. Ovide
Jean Toulout
as Actor
Nina Myral
as First gossip
Maximilienne
as Salvation Army commander
Yves Deniaud
as Monsieur Martinet
René Lacourt
as Salvationist (uncredited)
Antonin Berval
as 'Grand Charles'
Rivers Cadet
as Boirot (uncredited)
Édouard Francomme
as (uncredited)
Germaine Kerjean
as Madame Coufignac
Louis Florencie
as Notary
Paul Demange
as 'Le Frisé'
Jean Témerson
as Second regular
Jacques Tarride
as Auctioneer
Marcel Loche
as Cornu (uncredited)
Annette Poivre
as Mimi
Marcelle Monthil
as Client
Albert Broquin
as Inspector (uncredited)
Frédéric O'Brady
as Inspector (uncredited)
Robert Pizani
as Medic
Jean Daurand
as Young groom
Marcel Melrac
Albert Dinan
as 'P'tit Louis'
Gaston Modot
as Gangster
René Hell
as Stage manager
Edmond Beauchamp
as Commissioner
Palmyre Levasseur
as Actress (uncredited)
André Bervil
as First regular
