The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
Cast
- FernandelAlfred Puc
- Berthe BovyMadame Léa Lobligeois
- Germaine KerjeanMadame Coufignac
- Albert Dinan'P'tit Louis'
- Annette PoivreMimi
- Robert PizaniMedic
- Marcel PérèsFrejus
- Marcelle MonthilClient
- Gaston ModotGangster
- Pauline CartonMrs. Ovide
- Jean TouloutActor
- Louis FlorencieNotary