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La Rue sans loi
1950 Comedy
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Credits
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Director: Marcel Gibaud
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Script: Dubout, Marcel Gibaud, Jean Halain
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Photo: André Dantan
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Music: Marcel Landowski
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Cast: André Gabriello (Sparadra),
Annette Poivre (Comtesse de La Trille),
Paul Demange (Anatole),
Albert Dinan (François),
Nathalie Nattier (Emma),
Max Dalban (Fifille),
Fernand Gilbert (Le capitaine),
Louis de Funès (Hippolyte),
Amédée (Hercule)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 100 min; B&W
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Summary
An ordinary-looking road in Paris is in fact a law unto itself, a place where motorists
take lessons on how to run down pedestrians, where crime in rampant, and where the police
fear to tread. The head of this syndicate of crime is Sparadra, the owner of a café
which is the meeting place for his gang of crooks. They hatch a scheme to rob the
Countess de la Trille whilst she holds one of her famous soirées, but the jewels
they steal turn out to be fakes. Sparadra’s sweetheart is Fifille, a delicate creature
built like an elephant. Her husband Anatole is seduced by the attractive call girl
Emma, one of Sparadra’s band, and gives away the combination to the countess’ safe…
Review
La Rue sans loi is a boisterous farce inspired
by the comic creations of Albert Dubout, a legendary cartoon artist of the 1940s.
Dubout’s characters such as Sparadra, Anatole and Fifille are brought to life with great
gusto by a cast of talented comic performers, including André Gabriello, Paul Demange
and an outrageously dragged up Max Dalban. Louis de Funès appears in
a supporting role, more than a decade before he would become a household name in France.
Most of the jokes are well and truly past their sell-by date and the antics of Sparadra
and his gang would be much funnier in a strip cartoon, but the film still has a certain
charm, evoking the madcap comedy of the Keystone Kops.
© James Travers 2006
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