Fernandel plays TWO frauds for the price of one in this forgotten French farce.
Famous author Bretonneau gets his ghost writer Moluchet to impersonate the notorious criminal Jim la Houlette and pretend to steal a manuscript to boost the sales of their novels.
Acting
Fernandel's elastic face doing double duty.
Costume
Gangster Moluchet vs meek ghostwriter wardrobe comedy.
Director
André Berthomieu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Berthomieu directed over 70 films but remains criminally under-discussed outside France. This was peak Fernandel before he became THE face of French comedy.
The 'gentleman thief' trope was having a moment — this parodies the very craze it borrows from, with literary Paris as willing mark.
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