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The Sucker (1965)

Le corniaud (original title)
| Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 24 March 1965 (France)
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Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Antoine Maréchal
... Léopold Saroyan
... Mickey dit le bègue ou la souris
... Martial (as Henri Genés)
... 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 ... Le 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)
... Un douanier (as Grosso)
... Un douanier (as Modo)
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Storyline

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu". Written by KGF Vissers

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car | driving | french italian border | mediterranean | customs house | See All (81) »

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The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for! See more »

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Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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24 March 1965 (France)  »

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FRF 5,300,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

The vintage car driven by Bourvil is a '64 DeVille Cadillac. See more »

Goofs

Maréchal falls in the sea backwards, but in the next shot he is clearly falling frontwards. See more »

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.
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References The Great Dictator (1940) See more »

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Casina Valladie
Written and Performed by Georges Delerue Et Son Orchestre
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hilarious euro-fun shows Louis de Funes at it's best!
30 January 2004 | by – See all my reviews

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
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