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Monsieur Leguignon, lampiste
1952 Comedy / Drama
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Credits
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Director: Maurice Labro
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Script: Claude Boissol, Jacques Emmanuel, R. Picq, based on the play "Le Tribunal" by Pierre Ferrari
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Photo: Jean Lehérissey
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Cast: Yves Deniaud (Diogène Leguignon),
Christian Argentin (Avocat de la partie civile),
Roland Armontel (M. Maltestu),
Georges Baconnet (Un voisin),
Christiane Barry (Louise),
Jean Carmet (Mr. Grosjean,
policier),
Alain Chanu (Le reporter),
Jacques Emmanuel (Mr. Pabroc),
Pierre Havet (Le secrétaire de Pabroc),
Bernard La Jarrige (Me Follenfant),
Pierre Larquey (M. Petitot),
Pierre Magnier (Général de Saint Bouquet),
Jane Marken (Mme. Leguignon),
Louis de Funès
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 105 min; B&W
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Aka: Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
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Summary
Diogène Leguignon is a modest railway worker for whom things seldom tend to go
right. Having been expelled from his home, he and his wife are forced into a rundown
house in a less desirable part of town. Unknown to Leguignon, a band of local children
have discovered a stash of treasure and keep it concealed under the floorboards in his
house. When Leguignon attempts to claim ownership of the treasure, he ends up in
court and is branded a thief. When he is released from jail, he persuades his neighbours
to use the money gained from the sale of the treasure to build a new housing estate.
But to raise the extra capital to complete the project, Leguignon has to turn to some
very unscrupulous bankers...
Review
Based on a celebrated radio play, "Le Tribunal", Monsieur Leguignon, lampiste is
a heart-warming mix of comedy and melodrama, presumably intended to help lift the spirits
of the working classes in the midst of post-war economic gloom. The film certainly
has some bold left-wing undertones, with solidarity of the working classes, parodying
of the French legal system and outright condemnation of self-serving money traders being
its main themes. Yves Deniaud gives a sympathetic performance as an ordinary
working class man who manages to defeat bad luck and human malice, through a combination
of naïve optimism and generosity of spirit. The great Louis de Funès
appears fleetingly in this film, well over a decade before he established himself as one
of France’s leading film comics.
© James Travers 2003
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