The Sad Sack
Tire au flanc
Release: 1950-11-10
·Runtime: 87m
Comedy
Thanks to a bit of string-pulling by his aunt, Jean du Bois d'Ombelles, a young recruit who has blue blood in his veins, hopes to go through a nice and comfortable military service. Unfortunately he becomes Corporal Bourrache's pet aversion. Nevertheless, against all expectations, Jean ends up taking a liking for military life.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films Fernand Rivers
Cast
Thérèse Dorny
as Mme Blandin d'Ombelles
Jacques Denoël
Jacques Roux
Rivers Cadet
Paulette Dubost
as Georgette
Van Doude
as Le caporal Bourrache
Robert Hasti
Sacha Tarride
Francis Blanche
as Jean du Bois d'Ombelles
Palmyre Levasseur
as La caissière
Eddy Rasimi
as Muflot
Solange Varenne
Maurice Baquet
as Turlot
Serge Grave
as Trimballe,
Pierre Bertin
as Le colonel