A suicidal idiot, a fake banker, and a suitcase of dirty cash walk into 1945 Indochina.
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.
Acting
Henri Guisol commits to being the dumbest man alive.
Production
Indochina sets that aged like colonialism itself.
Director
Henri Calef
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
Paul Demange
Traveler on the boat
Yves Deniaud
Gilbert
Fred Pasquali
Duke Rodrigue del Montes
Max Dalban
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's 'queer' refers to the odd assignment, not sexuality—1945 English titles were wild like that.
Shot during France's brief postwar window before losing Indochina entirely; the colonial nostalgia is almost aggressively unexamined.
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