Fernand, a simple employee at the Prefecture of Police, must serve as a "sheep" to extract confessions from a leader of organized crime, who has recently been in prison. But he managed to escape by taking Fernand hostage.
Acting
Fernand Raynaud's physical comedy is gloriously unhinged.
Direction
Chevalier keeps 80 minutes tight and breathlessly silly.
Director
Pierre Chevalier
Fernand Raynaud
Fernand Castel
Danièle Lebrun
Gisèle Martin
Paul Préboist
Le brigadier-chef
Max Montavon
Le coiffeur de la prison
Gaston Orbal
Le directeur de la 'Caisse d'Épargne'
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le chef de la préfecture de police
Jacques Hilling
L'inspecteur Lenfant
Patricia Karim
Marylin
Gib Grossac
Le Tigre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernand Raynaud was a massive French radio/television star; this film capitalized on his everyman persona that resonated with post-war working-class audiences.
The 'mouton' (sheep) police slang refers to informants planted to extract confessions — a dark institutional practice played for slapstick here.
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