Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969)
Directed by Marcel Moussy

Comedy
aka: Three Men on a Horse

Film Synopsis

Having fallen out with his brother-in-law Clément, Eric Duparc decides not to go to his office one morning.  Instead, he plays hooky in a café opposite the famous Saint-Cloud racecourse, where he falls in with a group of punters who have been banned from the racecourse.  Before he knows it, Eric finds himself being used as a go-between, placing bets on the horses for his new friends.  After a remarkable streak of good luck, Eric soon has the police breathing down his neck...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Marcel Moussy
  • Script: George Abbott (play), John Cecil Holm (play), Marcel Moussy (dialogue), Pierre Tchernia
  • Cinematographer: Patrice Pouget
  • Music: Gérard Calvi
  • Cast: Robert Dhéry (Eric), Colette Brosset (Kiki), Jean Poiret (Freddy), Pierre Tornade (Jo Gabardine), Robert Castel (Norber), Jacques Marin (Fernand), Geneviève Fontanel (La femme d'Eric), Pierre Richard (Le peintre), Robert Rollis (André Vaquet, dit Gus), Paul Mercey (Inspecteur 'Jaune d'oeuf'), Jean-Pierre Zola (Le beau-frère du concierge), Simone Duhart (La receveuse du bus), Georges Guéret (Le routier), Fred Personne (L'inspecteur de l'hippodrome), Robert Benoît (Un jounaliste), Marcel Gassouk (Le serveur de la buvette), Roger Trapp (Gardien guérite hippodrome), Folco Lulli (Le patron d'Eric), Jacques Charon (Clément), Marius Laurey (Le concierge)
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Three Men on a Horse

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