The Sucker (1965) Le corniaud (original title)

Director:

Gérard Oury

Writers:

Gérard Oury (scenario and adaptation)
Marcel Jullian (co-adaptation)
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Release Date:

15 November 1965 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!

Plot:

In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car...

Plot Keywords:

Car | Italian | Naivety | Rome Italy | Dancing

Cast

Bourvil	...	Antoine Marechal
Louis de Funès	...	Leopold Saroyan
Venantino Venantini	...	Mickey
Henri Génès	...	Martial (as Henri Genés)
Lando Buzzanca	...	Lino
Jacques Eyser	...	Un complice de Saroyan
Henri Virlojeux	...	Un complice de Saroyan
Jean Meyer	...	Un complice de Saroyan
Jack Ary	...	Le douanier-chef (as Jacques Ary)
Jean-Marie Bon	...	Garagiste à Rome
Guy Delorme	...	Luigi, un homme de Mickey
Jean Droze	...	Un homme de Saroyan
Jacques Ferrière	...	Un homme de Saroyan (as Jacques Ferriere)
Guy Grosso	...	Un douanier (as Grosso)
Michel Modo	...	Un douanier (as Modo)
Yvon Jeanclaude	...	Un policier
Bob Lerick	...	Loulou, un homme de Mickey
Bernard Meusnier		(as Bernard Meunier)
Pierre Roussel	...	Mario Costa
Louis Viret
Beba Loncar	...	Ursula - the naturist
Alida Chelli	...	Gina, la manucure / Gina, the manucurist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Chiari	...	(uncredited)
Germaine de France	...	La vieille dame (uncredited)
José Luis de Vilallonga	...	(uncredited)
Nicole Desailly	...	Suzanne, la gérante du café à Carcassonne (uncredited)
Robert Duranton	...	L'athlète sous la douche (uncredited)
Marius Gaidon	...	L'agent de police à Bordeaux (uncredited)
Jean Minisini	...	Un inspecteur (uncredited)
Daniela Rocca	...	(uncredited)
Saro Urzì	...	Tagliella, un garagiste à Naples (uncredited)
Dan Vadis	...	(uncredited)
Nino Vingelli	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Gérard Oury

Writing credits
Gérard Oury		(scenario and adaptation)
Marcel Jullian		(co-adaptation)
Georges Tabet		(dialogue) (as Georges André Tabet) &
André Tabet		(dialogue) (as Georges André Tabet)

Produced by
Robert Dorfmann	....	producer

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Henri Decaë		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Albert Jurgenson

Production Design by
Francesco Ciarletta
Robert Giordani

Costume Design by
Tanine Autré

Production Management
Gaetano Amata	....	unit manager
Roberto Cocco	....	unit manager
Jacques Juranville	....	production manager
Yves Laplanche	....	production manager
Jean Pieuchot	....	unit manager
Enzo Provenzale	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gérard Guérin	....	assistant director
Giorgio Stegani	....	assistant director
Serge Vallin	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Claude Carliez	....	special effects
Gil Delamare	....	special effects
Michel Durin	....	special effects (as Michel et Pierre Durin)
Pierre Durin	....	special effects (as Michel et Pierre Durin)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alain Douarinou	....	camera operator
Wladimir Ivanov	....	director of photography: second unit
Victor Rodrigue	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Laurence Leininger	....	assistant editor
Etiennette Muse	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Gaetano Amata	....	location manager
Richard Balducci	....	press agent
Roberto Cocco	....	location manager
Lucile Costa	....	script supervisor
Gérard Crosnier	....	location manager
Stefania Giani	....	Italian advisor

Production Companies

• Les Films Corona (presents)
• Explorer Film '58 (co-production: Rome)

Distributors

• Valoria Films (1965) (France) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Columbia Film (1965) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Royal Films International (1967) (USA) (subtitled)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Editions Hortensia  music edition
• Jean Fouchet  titles
• S.I.M.O.  sound mixing (as SIMO)
• Westrex Recording System  sound mixing (as Westrex)

Also Known As:

"Le corniaud" - France (original title)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-12

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Les Films Corona

Trivia:

Next to La Grande Vadrouille (1966) this was Louis de Funès biggest success in France.

Quotes:

Leopold Saroyan:But he's honest. You can see it in his face. And that's the best passport there is. For a customs officer, the person's the suspect, not the car.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

La boutique fantasque

hilarious euro-fun shows Louis de Funes at it's best!

Le Corniaud is a hilarious french movie from the sixties. It is the kind of feel good movie I like to watch on a sunny sunday afternoon.

The story is a ridiciulously funny crime story about a guy (Bourvil) who just left home for the holidays when he gets hit by a car (owned by De Funes). De Funes settles the case by providing Bourvil with a brand new cadilac to continue his holiday to Italy. Of course Bourvil does not know that he is now smuggling gold, heroin and a giant diamand hidden in that cadilac. The coupling of actors Louis de Funes and Bourvil is ace, the locations are beautiful (France and Italy during summer) and the fun is enormous. Sad thing only that Studio Canal just released all Louis de Funes movies on dvd without any subtitles... sham