Slightly Ahead (1956)
Courte-tête
A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant. Renamed Teddy Morton and now a jockey, Amédée must ride a mare on which Ferdinand, advised by Parker, must bet. Absolutely convinced of his mystification, Parker bets on an oddball who, of course, loses, while at the last minute Galiveau, having bet on an outsider, wins a fortune. All Parker has to do is find another sucker.
- Date of release
- 1956-10-10
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Norbert Carbonnaux
Casting
- Louis de Funès — Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
- Fernand Gravey — Olivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc
- Jean Richard — Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
- Jacques Duby — Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton
- Darry Cowl — Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia
- Micheline Dax — Lola d'Héricourt, une aventurière
- Jacques Dufilho — Le garçon d'écurie
- Max Révol — Le général des Empois
- Robert Murzeau — Le tailleur, également turfiste
- Guy Bedos — Fred Campuche, le jockey
- Max Dalban — Le gros homme du hammam
Interesting facts
Short Head is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux, written by Michel Audiard and starring Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax and Jean Richard. The film is known under the alternative title Photo Finish.
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