The American Beauty (1961)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia
Genres : Comedy
Status : Released
Released : Sep 29, 1961
Length : 104 minutes
Cast
- Robert Dhéry
- Colette Brosset
- Louis de Funès
- Michel Serrault
- Jean Lefebvre
- Alfred Adam
- Robert Burnier
- Pierre Dac
- Eliane D'Almeida
- Bernard Dhéran
- Annie Ducaux
- Jacques Fabbri
- Bernard Lavallette
- Jacques Legras
- Christian Marin
- Robert Rollis
- René Sarvil
- Catherine Sola
- Pierre Tchernia
- Jean Carmet
- Jacques Charrier
- Christian Duvaleix
- Roger Pierre
- Jean-Marc Thibault
- André Badin
- Bruno Balp
- Jacques Balutin
- Didier Daix
- Franck Daubray
- Robert Destain
- Jacques Denoël
- Hélène Dieudonné
- Philippe Dumat
- Max Favalelli
- Maurice Gardett
- Gilberte Géniat
- Jean Gras
- Guy Grosso
- Michel Modo
- Dominique Maurin
- Brigitte Peynaud
- Claude Piéplu
- Nono Zammit
- André Zibral
Crew
- Director : Robert Dhéry
- Director : Pierre Tchernia
- Screenplay : Alfred Adam
- Producer : Édouard Harispuru
- Producer : Henri Diamant-Berger
- Original Music Composer : Gérard Calvi
- Screenplay : Robert Dhéry
- Producer : Florence Lesser
- Screenplay : Pierre Tchernia
- Production Design : Lucien Aguettand
- Producer : Marcel Maurey
- Director of Photography : Ghislain Cloquet
- Editor : Albert Jurgenson