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The American Beauty (1961)
Directed by Pierre Tchernia, Robert Dhéry
Overview
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband’s secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Robert Dhéry | Colette Brosset | Louis de Funès | Michel Serrault | Jean Lefebvre | Alfred Adam | Robert Burnier | Pierre Dac | Eliane D'Almeida | Bernard Dhéran | Annie Ducaux | Jacques Fabbri | Bernard Lavallette | Jacques Legras | Christian Marin | Robert Rollis | René Sarvil | Catherine Sola | Pierre Tchernia | Jean Carmet | Jacques Charrier | Christian Duvaleix | Roger Pierre | Jean-Marc Thibault | André Badin | Bruno Balp | Jacques Balutin | Didier Daix | Franck Daubray | Robert Destain | Jacques Denoël | Hélène Dieudonné | Philippe Dumat | Max Favalelli | Maurice Gardett | Gilberte Géniat | Jean Gras | Guy Grosso | Michel Modo | Dominique Maurin | Brigitte Peynaud | Claude Piéplu | Nono Zammit | André Zibral | Gros Pépère