La Belle Américaine (1961)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 104 minuten
Alternative title: The American Beauty
Country:
France
Directed by: Robert Dhéry
Stars: Robert Dhéry, Louis de Funès and Colette Brosset
IMDb score:
6,3 (770)
Releasedate: 29 September 1961
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
La Belle Américaine plot
After a banker dies, the proceeds of his luxury car go to his mistress. That is why his wife tries to sell the car to a working-class family for a bargain price.
Actors and actresses
Marcel Perrignon
Paulette Perrignon
Le secretaire du commissariat / le chef du personnel
Le clochard
Chougnasse
Alfred
Houche
Le colonel
Simone
M. Jean
Reviews & comments
Tiany
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- 533 messages
- 760 votes
I am a big fan of Louis de Funes, so it was a pity that he was barely in the picture. It was quite funny at times, but this film didn't always hold my attention very well. Several familiar faces from other Louis De Funes passed through this film.
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2355 messages
- 2117 votes
Very pleasant comedy. I watched a colored version and that was also not too bad. Great performance by Robert Dhéry who directed as well as acted and wrote the screenplay. It seems to me that he was influenced here and there by the work of René Clair. He liked to tinker with sound and Dhéry does the same here a few times (the 'cackling' cops, the noises during the meal). The atmosphere in general is also of a Clairian lightness. Nice is the contribution of the always amusing de Funès. I have also seen this film as part of a de Funès box although it is a supporting actor.
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T.O.
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- 2462 messages
- 2846 votes
Cheerful comedy with some inventive scenes, but unfortunately mostly a lot of old-fashionedness. De Funès obviously excels in his small role. A little more attention is paid to his later fellow gendarme, the lazy Christian Marin.
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