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The Sucker

The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

1h 51m1965TMDb 7.4

ComedyCrime

French

Crew and Cast

Gérard OuryGérard OuryDirectorBourvilBourvilAntoine MaréchalLouis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLéopold SaroyanVenantino VenantiniVenantino VenantiniMickey · "le Bègue"Henri GénèsHenri GénèsMartial · le brigadierBeba LončarBeba LončarUrsula · l'auto-stoppeuseAlida ChelliAlida ChelliGina · la manucureLando BuzzancaLando BuzzancaLino · le barbierJacques EyserJacques EyserUn complice de SaroyanHenri VirlogeuxHenri VirlogeuxUn complice de SaroyanJean MeyerJean MeyerUn complice de SaroyanJack AryJack AryLe commissaireJean-Marie BonJean-Marie BonLe garagiste romainGuy DelormeGuy DelormeLuigi · un complice de MickeyJean DrozeJean DrozeLe porte-flingue de SaroyanJacques FerrièreJacques FerrièreLe chauffeur de SaroyanGuy GrossoGuy GrossoUn douanierMichel ModoMichel ModoUn douanierYvon JeanclaudeYvon JeanclaudePolicierBob LerickBob LerickLoulou · un complice de Mickey
Bernard MeusnierLe secrétaire de Saroyan
Pierre RousselMario Costa · le majordomeLouis ViretLouis Viret
Robert DurantonLe culturiste dans la douche (non crédité)Nicole DesaillyNicole DesaillyMme Chenu · la concierge (non créditée)Saro UrzìSaro UrzìTagliella · le garagiste napolitain (non crédité)Germaine de FranceGermaine de FranceLa vieille dame (non créditée)Marius GaidonMarius GaidonUn policier bordelais (non crédité)
Jean MinisiniUn gendarme à Carcassonne (non crédité)Eric VasbergEric VasbergUn gendarme à Carcassonne (non crédité)Walter ChiariWalter Chiari(non crédité)

Storyline

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

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Info

Original title
Le Corniaud
Status
Released
Released
24 March 1965
Runtime
1h 51m
TMDB score
7.4 / 10 (738 votes)

Production

Director
Gérard Oury
Writers
Marcel Jullian, Gérard Oury
Studios
Les Films Corona, Explorer Film '58
Countries
Spain, France, Italy

Box Office

Budget
$678,948.0

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
French