The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- René ClairDirector
- René ClairWriter
- Armand BernardOriginal Music Composer
- Philippe ParèsOriginal Music Composer
- Georges Van ParysOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- René LefèvreMichel Bouflette
- AnnabellaBéatrice
- Jean-Louis AllibertProsper
- Paul OllivierPère La Tulipe
- Vanda GrévilleVanda
- Constantin SiroescoAmbrosio Sopranelli
- Raymond CordyLe chauffeur de taxi
- Odette TalazacLa cantatrice
- Pedro ElviroLe régisseur (as Pitouto)
- Jane PiersonL'épicière
- André MichaudLe boucher
- Eugène StuberLe policier
Stills
Themes
musicalbased on play or musicalblack and whitewild goose chasebetrayal by friendwinning lottery