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Sep 10, 1959
84 min
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The Dreadful (1959)

César Dandieu is an honest cashier in an oil company, and Fernand Mouchette an absent-minded inventor. The latter comes to propose a new type of carburetor to the company when César has to hand in the day's takings to his superior.

Category

Comedy

Country

France

Companies

Gaumont

Pierre Fresnay

César Dandieu

Darry Cowl

Fernand Mouchette

Anne Collette

Adèle

Louis Seigner

Lebreteuil

Jacques Charon

Monestier

Hubert Deschamps

Pomaret

André Brunot

le directeur des Pétroles

Michel Galabru

Pelou

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