The American Beauty

Sep 29, 1961

1h 44m

★ 5.9

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)

Le Film d'art

Corflor

Panoramas-Films

The American Beauty Trailers

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Cast

Marcel Perrignon

Robert Dhéry

Paulette Perrignon

Colette Brosset

Police station secretary / Head of personnel

Louis de Funès

Tramp

Michel Serrault

Chougnasse

Jean Lefebvre

Alfred

Alfred Adam

Houche

Robert Burnier

Colonel

Pierre Dac

Simone

Eliane D'Almeida

Mr. Jean

Bernard Dhéran

Mrs. Lucanzas

Annie Ducaux

'Le gros' / Fatso

Jacques Fabbri

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