The American Beauty

Synopsis

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more

Main Cast

Robert Dhéry

Marcel Perrignon

Age : 83 | Popularity : 7%

Colette Brosset

Paulette Perrignon

Age : 85 | Popularity : 3%

Louis de Funès

Le secretaire du commissariat / le chef du personnel

Age : 68 | Popularity : 19%

Michel Serrault

le clochard

Age : 79 | Popularity : 7%

Jean Lefebvre

Chougnasse

Age : 84 | Popularity : 15%

Alfred Adam

Alfred

Age : 74 | Popularity : 8%

Robert Burnier

Houche

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Pierre Dac

Le colonel

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Albert Jurgenson
Camera	Director of Photography	Ghislain Cloquet
Writing	Screenplay	Alfred Adam Pierre Tchernia Robert Dhéry
Sound	Original Music Composer	Gérard Calvi
Directing	Director	Robert Dhéry
Production	Producer	Édouard Harispuru Henri Diamant-Berger Florence Lesser Marcel Maurey
Art	Production Design	Lucien Aguettand
Department	Role	Name

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