1930s French detectives solve crimes with chaotic energy and questionable methods.
Marc Lanterne and Monsieur Smith investigate the home of a castellan who is the victim of jealousy, justified by the way, of his wife. Monsieur Dunoyau wants to know the author of the anonymous letters he receives. After a whole series of extraordinary adventures, the truth comes out and Dunoyau is reconciled with his wife.
Acting
Armand Bernard's bumbling detective energy carries every scene.
Costume
Fabulous interwar French fashion on a clearly tiny budget.
Director
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pierre-Jean Ducis directed over 30 films in the 1930s-40s, mostly forgotten comedies like this one.
This captures the 'polar' craze in pre-war France — detective stories so popular even low-budget studios cashed in.
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