Y a-t-il un Français dans la salle? (1982)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky

Comedy / Crime
aka: Is There a Frenchman in the House?

Film Synopsis

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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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky
  • Script: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Frédéric Dard (novel)
  • Cinematographer: 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), Jean Barney (Juan Carlo), Alain Fourès (Mireille), Henri Poirier (Jérôme Alcazar), Alexandre Rignault (Oncle Eusèbe), Gabrielle Calderoni (La bonne espagnole), Christian Chauvaud (Homme au Conseil d'Etat), Gérard Hoffman (Le docteur), Dominique Zardi (Un syndicaliste)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Aka: Is There a Frenchman in the House?

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