You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Juliette, a capricious but irresistibly lovely young woman. Well, what else can you do when you fall dead in love with a creature of the kind? And too bad if their honeymoon proved catastrophic. To say nothing of their housing problems : what to do when neither husband nor wife has any money? How to build one's love nest when the housing crisis rages? How to get by when your wife has luxury tastes?
Acting
Dany Robin's chaotic energy meets François Périer's exasperated dignity
Direction
Lefranc squeezes every gag from cramped apartments
Costume
Juliette's impossible wardrobe on zero francs
Director
Guy Lefranc
François Périer
Jean Montaigu
Dany Robin
Juliette Capulet
Jean Carmet
Gaston, l'ami de Jean
Louis de Funès
le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Jacqueline Gauthier
Irène Duval dite: "Biquette"
Noël Roquevert
Mr Belhomme, le propriétaire excentrique
Paul Faivre
Jean's Uncle
Michel Nastorg
le père de Juliette
Denise Kerny
La seconde bonne
Geneviève Morel
La buraliste
Lud Germain
Bouboudou
Charles Bayard
Un invité au mariage (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Louis de Funès appears uncredited as a café waiter—his third film role, years before becoming France's biggest comedy star.
The housing crisis backdrop was painfully real: 1950s France faced severe shortages, making the newlyweds' apartment hunt genuine social commentary disguised as farce.
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