The Cupboard Was Bare
1948/10/29 • Released • French
Overview
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.
Director : Carlo Rim
Casts
Fernandel
Alfred Puc
Berthe Bovy
Madame Léa Lobligeois
Germaine Kerjean
Madame Coufignac
Albert Dinan
'P'tit Louis'
Annette Poivre
Mimi
Robert Pizani
Medic
Marcel Pérès
Frejus
Marcelle Monthil
Client
Gaston Modot
Gangster
Pauline Carton
Mrs. Ovide
Jean Toulout
Actor
Paul Demange
'Le Frisé'
Maximilienne
Salvation Army commander
André Bervil
First regular
Jean Témerson
Second regular
Jean Daurand
Young groom
Katherine Kath
Actress
René Hell
Stage manager
Marcel Melrac
Edmond Beauchamp
Commissioner
Yves Deniaud
Monsieur Martinet
Antonin Berval
'Grand Charles'
Albert Broquin
Inspector (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
Boirot (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Salvationist (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
Actress (uncredited)
Marcel Loche
Cornu (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Agent (uncredited)
Frédéric O'Brady
Inspector (uncredited)
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