An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
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| Annabella | ... | Béatrice | |
| René Lefèvre | ... | Michel Bouflette | |
| Jean-Louis Allibert | ... | Prosper (as Louis Allibert) | |
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Paul Ollivier | ... | Granpère Tulipe |
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Constantin Siroesco | ... | Ambrosio Sopranelli |
| Raymond Cordy | ... | Le chauffeur de taxi | |
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Vanda Gréville | ... | Vanda |
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Odette Talazac | ... | La cantatrice |
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Pedro Elviro | ... | Le régisseur (as Pitouto) |
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Jane Pierson | ... | L'épicière |
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André Michaud | ... | Le boucher |
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Eugène Stuber | ... | Le policier |
| Pierre Alcover | ... | Le policier | |
| Armand Bernard | ... | Le chef d'orchestre | |
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Gabrielle Rosny | ||
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Michel, a Parisian artist, is being hounded by numerous impatient creditors. To make things worse, when he is embracing the woman whose portrait he is painting, he is surprised by his indignant fiancée Béatrice. Suddenly, Michel learns that he holds the winning ticket in the Dutch Lottery. But when he goes to retrieve the ticket from the pocket of his jacket, he finds that Béatrice has given the jacket to a stranger who was in need. Now everyone has a keen interest in finding that jacket. Written by Snow Leopard
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betrayal by a friend | jacket | painter | stage act | stage performance |Taglines:
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4 February 1931 (Portugal) See more »Also Known As:
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When two starving artists learn their lottery ticket has won, the race is on, but — where's the ticket? Although as of today, this film is 82 years old, it is still one of the most watchable and enjoyable films I've seen. It has a bit of everything, humor, pathos, screwball comedy, drama...you name it. In this madcap race to find a winning lottery ticket, you may be reminded of some of the scavenger hunt films or other films such as Million Dollar Mystery, or It's a Mad Mad World, but this one stands by itself. Half Tom and Jerry cartoon, half musical, a little opera, starving artists, sly criminals, beautiful women and a really beleaguered taxi driver...and all funny. Not to be missed.