Le Roi du bla bla bla (1951) Directed by Maurice Labro
Drama
aka: The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Film Synopsis
Harmless street vendor Prosper Bourrache is going about his usual day-to-day
business when he is mistaken for a gangland boss by two seasoned crooks in urgent need of
an ace safecracker - Moustique and Gino. Before he knows it, the
hapless Prosper is forced into lending
his support to a robbery at the private residence of a very dodgy banker,
Lafare. Inevitably, the well-planned heist goes somewhat awry and, thanks to Prosper's
intervention, the gang of crooks fall into the hands of the police.
One thing our intrepid hero had not bargained for is making himself popular with the
mistress of the hoodlum he was mistaken for...
Script: Claude Boissol (dialogue),
Louis d'Yvré (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Pierre Petit
Music: René Sylviano
Cast: Roger Nicolas (Prosper Bourrache),
Jean Tissier (Lafare),
Christian Duvaleix (Moustique),
Lise Delamare (Lucienne Lafare),
Jean-Jacques Delbo (Loustot),
Louis de Funès (Gino),
Jean Richard (Jacques),
Irène de Trebert (Juliette),
Paul Azaïs (Bébert),
Robert Lombard (Hubert),
Albert Michel (Charlie),
Serge Berry (Vivarol),
Nicole Gamma (Madeleine),
Ben Cheloum (Riri),
Marcel Loche (Un domestique)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:The King of the Bla Bla Bla
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