Summary
Horace Tumelat is the leader of a powerful political party, the
R.A.S. At the zenith of his political career, Tumelat learns of
the suicide of his old uncle Eusèbe, who brought him up.
It transpires that for many years Eusèbe had been holding a man
prisoner in his house, a blackmailer who threatened to expose Tumelat
as a Nazi collaborator. Tumelat discovers that, before he died, his
uncle left him a letter, which has mysteriously disappeared. As
the politician sets out to find the missing letter, he attracts the
attention of the policemen who are investigating his uncle’s death -
they are far from convinced that he killed himself...
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Credits
- Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Script: Frédéric Dard (novel), Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Photo: Michel Kelber
- Music: Roger Loubet
- Cast: Victor Lanoux (Horace Tumelat), Jacques Dutronc (Eric Plante), Jacqueline Maillan (Madame Fluck), Michel Galabru (Victor Réglisson), Dominique Lavanant (Ginette Alcazar), Andréa Ferréol (Georgette Réglisson), Jean-François Stévenin (Paul Pauley), Jean-Luc Bideau (Inspecteur Maurice Serruti), Emmanuelle Riva (Adélaïde Tumelat), Marion Peterson (Noëlle Réglisson), François Cavanna (Malgençon), Jacques Dufilho (Jean-Marie, le maître-chanteur), Jean Barney (Juan Carlo), Alain Fourès (Mireille)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 106 min
- Aka: Is There a Frenchman in the House?
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