Summary
Following his much publicised exploits with a notorious gang of
hoodlums, Monsieur Boniface is hired as a detective for a department
store, his mission being to watch over the jewellery shelves.
Boniface would be ideally suited for this task were it not for the fact
that he suffers from sleepwalking. One evening, whilst in a
somnambulant state, the poor man unwittingly breaks into the store and
helps himself to the jewels. Some crooks are quick to turn the
situation to their advantage. Boniface’s life then takes another
unexpected turn when he sleepwalks into the
bedroom of the lovely Stella...
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Credits
- Director: Maurice Labro
- Script: Gérard Carlier, Jean Manse
- Photo: Pierre Levent
- Music: Louiguy
- Cast: Fernandel (Victor Boniface), Andrex (Charlie, le chef des gangsters), Gaby André (Stella Gazzini, la vedette à Tabarin), André Roanne (Louis, le voleur du briquet), Raoul Marco (Le directeur des magasins), Louis de Funès (Anatole, le mari soupçonneux), Julien Maffre (Victor, le lampiste), André Numès Fils (Jules, le valet de chambre du Grand Hôtel), Cadet Rivers (Jean), Michel Ardan (Un gangster), Mathilde Casadesus (Mademoiselle Thomas), Yves Deniaud (René, un gangster), Liliane Barrial, Léo Campion (Un policier), Liliane Carpentier, Eliane Corteyn, Luce Huet, Nicole Lemaire (Aline), Huguette Montreal, Christiane Richard (Une vendeuse), Simone Silva (Louise), Nadine Tallier (Ginette, une vendeuse aux magasins Berthès)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 82 min
- Aka: The Sleepwalker
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