The American Beauty

The American Beauty (1961)

La Belle Américaine

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.

Date of release
1961-09-29
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia

Casting

  • Robert Dhéry — Marcel Perrignon
  • Colette Brosset — Paulette Perrignon
  • Louis de Funès — Police station secretary / Head of personnel
  • Michel Serrault — Tramp
  • Jean Lefebvre — Chougnasse
  • Alfred Adam — Alfred
  • Robert Burnier — Houche
  • Pierre Dac — Colonel
  • Eliane D'Almeida — Simone
  • Bernard Dhéran — Mr. Jean
  • Annie Ducaux — Mrs. Lucanzas
  • Jacques Fabbri — 'Le gros' / Fatso

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