One Hundred Francs Per Second (1953)
Cent Francs par seconde
Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
- Date of release
- 1953-01-09
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jean Boyer
Casting
- Philippe Lemaire — Philippe Delteil
- Geneviève Kervine — Jacqueline Bourdinet
- Bourvil — Self
- Fred Pasquali — Mr Bourdinet
- Henri Génès — Fernand Dargueval
- Gaston Orbal — Le secrétaire de M. Bourdinet
- Jean-Jacques Vital — L'animateur de l'émission
- Jacques Eyser — Le Fakir Kirmah
- Jeannette Batti — Louloutte
- Mons. Champagne — Self
- André Gillois — Self
- Charles Rigoulot — Self
Interesting facts
A Hundred Francs a Second is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Henri Génès, Philippe Lemaire and Jeannette Batti. It is a spin-off from the French radio game show of the same name.
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