The Wild Oat

Feb 27, 1953

1h 43m

★ 6.7

Overview

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Cité Films

Fidès Film

Peg Produzione

The Wild Oat Trailers

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Cast

Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker

Fernandel

Mr. Aussel, postmaster

Georges Chamarat

Mayor of Valorgue

Henri Vilbert

Évariste, postman

Edmond Ardisson

Mrs. widow Zanetti, grocer and mother of Françoise

Leda Gloria

Françoise Zanetti, daughter of Mrs. Zanetti

Pierrette Bruno

Abbot Daniel, village vicar

Jean Gaven

Mrs. Clotilde Hébrard, wife of Félicien

Madeleine Sylvain

Justin Hébrard, son of Félicien

Francis Linel

Noël Courtade, aka 'Courte-cuisse', bicycle salesman

Antonin Berval

Miss Negret, old maid

Mag-Avril

Georges Briquet

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