The Cupboard Was Bare

The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)


  • Genre: Comedy, Crime
  • Release Date: 1948-10-29
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Carlo Rim
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Summary

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

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  • Fernandel

    as Alfred Puc

  • Berthe Bovy

    as Madame Léa Lobligeois

  • Germaine Kerjean

    as Madame Coufignac

  • Albert Dinan

    as 'P'tit Louis'

  • Annette Poivre

    as Mimi

  • Robert Pizani

    as Medic

  • Marcel Pérès

    as Frejus

  • Marcelle Monthil

    as Client

  • Gaston Modot

    as Gangster

  • Pauline Carton

    as Mrs. Ovide

  • Jean Toulout

    as Actor

  • Louis Florencie

    as Notary

  • Paul Demange

    as 'Le Frisé'

  • Maximilienne

    as Salvation Army commander

  • André Bervil

    as First regular

  • Nina Myral

    as First gossip

  • Jean Témerson

    as Second regular

  • Christiane Sertilange

    as Young bride

  • Jean Daurand

    as Young groom

  • Katherine Kath

    as Actress

  • Jacques Tarride

    as Auctioneer

  • Georgé

    as

  • René Hell

    as Stage manager

  • Robert Noël

    as

  • Zélie Yzelle

    as Second gossip

  • Luc Andrieux

    as Third regular

  • Raymond Destac

    as

  • François Richard

    as Commissioner

  • Marcel Melrac

    as

  • Bedel

    as Movers

  • Edmond Beauchamp

    as Commissioner

  • Yves Deniaud

    as Monsieur Martinet

  • Antonin Berval

    as 'Grand Charles'

  • Albert Broquin

    as Inspector (uncredited)

  • Rivers Cadet

    as Boirot (uncredited)

  • Liliane Charpentier

    as (uncredited)

  • Pierre Duncan

    as (uncredited)

  • Édouard Francomme

    as (uncredited)

  • Henry Gerrar

    as Employee (uncredited)

  • René Lacourt

    as Salvationist (uncredited)

  • Palmyre Levasseur

    as Actress (uncredited)

  • Marcel Loche

    as Cornu (uncredited)

  • Paola Manelli

    as (uncredited)

  • Albert Michel

    as Agent (uncredited)

  • Mylos

    as (uncredited)

  • Frédéric O'Brady

    as Inspector (uncredited)
Directing Carlo Rim Director
Writing Carlo Rim Writer
Production Raymond Borderie Producer
Production Jean Darvey Executive Producer
Sound Georges Van Parys Music
Camera Nicolas Hayer Director of Photography
Editing Henri Taverna Editor
Art Emile Alex Set Decoration
Production Jean Darvey Production Manager
Directing Bernard Borderie Assistant Director
Sound Jean Bertrand Sound Editor
Camera Noël Martin Camera Operator

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