Le Million

1931·83'

René Clair

ComedyMusic

French

Letterboxd TMDB #32317

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.

Cast

René Lefèvre Michel Bouflette Annabella Béatrice Jean-Louis Allibert Prosper Paul Ollivier Père La Tulipe Vanda Gréville Vanda Constantin Siroesco Ambrosio Sopranelli Raymond Cordy Le chauffeur de taxi Odette Talazac La cantatrice Pedro Elviro Le régisseur (as Pitouto) Jane Pierson L'épicière André Michaud Le boucher Eugène Stuber Le policier