The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to intimidate the inventor. A half-hearted attempt at comedy tries to go along with the double dealing and trickery of the thin plot of the film.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques BesnardDirector
- Jacques BesnardWriter
- Jean HalainWriter
- Bernard GérardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean LefebvreEugène Ballanchon, scientific researcher, single
- Maria LatourRégine, Mr. Beauchard's spy
- Bernard BlierMr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang
- Michel SerraultMr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
- Pierre TornadeDST inspector
- Pierre BrasseurFather Ballanchon
- Margo LionMrs. Ballanchon, Eugène's mother
- Robert DalbanMerchant, spy in the laboratory
- Mario DavidMario
- Henri VirlogeuxScholar
- André ChaumeauBaron
- Jean FranvalDST inspector
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookspy