La Polka des menottes

1h 30min

Crime

Comedy

Elisabeth is persuaded to have killed her noisy upstairs neighbor, scientist Charles Magne. To save her, Mr. Matheu, Elisabeth's father, accuses himself while Pierrot, Elisabeth's fiancé gets rid of the body in order to save father and daughter. For his part, a gangster also believes he has killed the scientist but he gets shot down by a taxidermist, who runs for life. The girl, her daddy and her boyfriend also run away. But Magne is not dead. A bum is mistaken for him and a police inspector makes everyone believe that he is the one who shot the gangster. At the end of this crazy chain of events all the protagonists are reunited at the station house and everybody dances to express their relief.

Cast

Jean Lefebvre

Jean Lefebvre

l'inspecteur Martial
Pascale Audret

Pascale Audret

Elisabeth Matheu
Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

Charles Magne
Gaby Basset

Gaby Basset

La trompettiste
Simone Berthier

Simone Berthier

La bonne de Matheu
René Blancard

René Blancard

M. Matheu, le père d'Elisabeth
Alain Bouvette

Alain Bouvette

Gaston, le livreur
Pierre Dac

Pierre Dac

l'homme en caleçon au commissariat
Claude Rich

Claude Rich

Pierrot, le fiancé d'Elisabeth
Jacques Dynam

Jacques Dynam

le camionneur boulanger

Release date

4th Sep 1957

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français