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Slightly Ahead

1956Movie1 h 28 min

60

DecentGoodWatch score

60

DecentGoodWatch score

Summary

A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant.

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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 60
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most comedies, −12 min on the typical 100
typical 10088
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1956
October 10, 1956
70 years ago
Genre
Comedy
Language
French
Original language
Made in
France
11 of 11
Directing · 3
Norbert Carbonnaux Director, Adaptation
Jacques Deray Assistant Director
Georges Lautner Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Albert Simonin Writer
Michel Audiard Writer
Production · 3
Jean-Paul Guibert Producer
Éric Geiger Unit Production Manager
André Cultet Production Manager
Camera · 2
Roger Dormoy Director of Photography
René Ribault Camera Operator
Editing · 2
Jacqueline Thiédot Editor
Colette Charbonneau Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
Jean Prodromidès Music
Jean-Claude Marchetti Sound Engineer
Art · 3
Jacques Colombier Production Design
Robert Guisgand Assistant Production Design
Roger Joint Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Marcel Bordenave Makeup Artist

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