Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his sleep, mind you)! And falling in love while sleepwalking is no bed of roses either, as the good-natured man simply forgets everything after waking up. Fortunately love wins the game in the end. Does that mean that life will become as easy as pie ? Certainly not: the little Bonifaces will be sleepwalkers just like their daddy!
Acting
Fernandel's sleepwalking physicality is genuinely impressive.
Writing
The premise commits hard to its own ridiculous logic.
Director
Maurice Labro
Fernandel
Victor Boniface
Louis de Funès
Anatole, the suspicious husband
Gaby André
Stella Gazzini, star in Tabarin
Andrex
Charlie, gangster leader
Michel Ardan
Gangster
André Roanne
Louis, the lighter thief
Raoul Marco
Berthès, stores manager
Julien Maffre
Victor, scapegoat
André Numès
Jules, manservant at the Grand Hôtel
Rivers Cadet
Jean
Mathilde Casadesus
Mademoiselle Thomas
Yves Deniaud
René, gangster
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernandel was France's highest-paid actor in the 1950s, famous for his equine-like features and elastic expressions.
This belongs to the 'comédie policière' tradition—French crime-comedies that mock authority figures while celebrating the little guy's chaos.
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