Summary
Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down, Léonard decides to find a sucker to buy this concession from him.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.5
Audience score62%
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most comedies, −14 min on the typical 100
typical 10086Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
+12Released
1963
November 20, 1963
63 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
11 of 11
Louis de FunèsLéonard Monestier
Mireille DarcPatricia Monestier
Roger DumasPaul Monestier
Jacqueline MaillanCynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
Daniel CeccaldiPedro Castelli
Christian MarinCharles
Guy TréjeanAntoine Brévin
Philippe NicaudSimon Guilbaud
María Rosa RodríguezPalma Diamantino
Yves BarsacqMario, un valet de Brévin
Philippe DumatMonsieur Morrison
Directing · 1
- Jean Girault Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Jacques Vilfrid Writer
- Christiane Vilfrid Script Consultant
Production · 3
- Roger Debelmas Producer
- Jean Le Roy Production Manager
- Jannie Gérard Producer's Assistant
Camera · 5
- Marc Fossard Director of Photography
- Paul Rodier Camera Intern
- R. Paillais Camera Intern
- Gérard Hameline Camera Production Assistant
- Helga Romanoff Still Photographer
Editing · 3
- Jean-Michel Gautier Editor
- Bernard Bourgouin Editorial Consultant
- A. Langozky Editorial Production Assistant
Sound · 4
- Jean-Michel Defaye Original Music Composer
- Raymond Gauguier Sound
- Jean Zann Sound
- Claude Orhoa Sound
Art · 5
- Sydney Bettex Production Design
- Jean Brunet Art Department Assistant
- Alain Gouze Second Assistant Art Director
- Richard G. Art Department Assistant
- Gabriel Béchir Art Department Assistant
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Anatole Paris Makeup Department Head
- E. Caudrelier Costume Assistant
Other crew · 1
- Pierre Hani Creative Consultant
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