The Queer Assignment (1945)
L'Extravagante Mission
A young man, Robert Dupont, with suicidal tendencies and a bit stupid to boot, is saved by a stranger who pretends to be a well-known banker. This stranger then entrusts him with a suitcase full of mysterious documents, which he asks him to take with him to Indochina. But in reality, the suitcase is stuffed with banknotes from a scam.
- Date of release
- 1945-10-03
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Henri Calef
Casting
- Henri Guisol — Robert Dupont
- Mona Goya — Théodora Bareski
- Simone Valère — Peggy
- Jean Tissier — Doctor
- Jean Parédès — Hippolyte Castrito
- Denise Grey — Mrs. Brockseller
- Martine Carol — Stella Star
- Jacques Charon — Neptunia bartender
- Henri Crémieux — Man on the train
- Marcel Vallée — Boat commissioner
- Paul Demange — Traveler on the boat
- Yves Deniaud — Gilbert
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