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Chèque au porteur

  • 19411941
  • 1h 42m
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6.9/10
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Chèque au porteur (1941)
Comedy
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IMDb RATING
6.9/10
12
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,724,660
777,160
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    • Director
      • Jean Boyer
    • Writer
      • Jean Boyer(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Lucien Baroux
      • Jean Tissier
      • Marguerite Pierry
    • Director
      • Jean Boyer
    • Writer
      • Jean Boyer(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Lucien Baroux
      • Jean Tissier
      • Marguerite Pierry
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    Lucien Baroux
    Lucien Baroux
    • Fortuné
    Jean Tissier
    Jean Tissier
    • Alaric Paloiseau de la Motte-Civray
    Marguerite Pierry
    • Camille Paloiseau de la Motte-Civray
    Georgette Tissier
    • Julie
    Alice Rosielle
    Hélène Dassonville
    Jacqueline Marbaux
    • La fleuriste
    • (as Jacqueline Marbeau)
    Léonce Corne
    • Le chef des porteurs
    Georges Bever
    • Le garçon d'hôtel
    • (as Bever)
    Marcel Charvey
    Jacqueline Ferrière
    • Simone
    Jimmy Gaillard
    Jimmy Gaillard
    • Daniel
    Robert Arnoux
    • Gaëtan
    Frédéric Mariotti
    • Jules - le patron du bistrot
    Albert Michel
    Robert Ozanne
    • Le costaud
    Maurice Salabert
    • Le chauffeur de taxi
    Aimé Barelli
    • Petit rôle
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean Boyer
    • Writer
      • Jean Boyer(dialogue) (screenplay)
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    I took your name (and you took mine).
    In Paris railway station, a porter (Lucien baroux) is fired ;he meets a traveler (Jean Tissier)back from Mexico where he spent a long time and who is not in a hurry to meet again his cantakerous sister (Marguerite Pierry)in their dusty castle :he would like to enjoy the gai Paris life.So why not change their identities :the porteur will become the owner of the manor ,and his new friend will be able to live it up in the capital.No sooner said than done .It's Daphné Du Maurier's ''the scapegoat" turned comedy.There the comparison ends.

    The porter, of course,will settle all the problems in the desirable mansion: the sister ,who is a real tartar,wants to marry her niece to a dull highbrow called Gaetan who has good prospects whereas the girl's in love with a nice sportsman (Jimmy Gaillard).

    Director Jean Boyer was the best entertainer of the darkest hours of the Occupation (1941)and do people need that in those trouble time!There are really funny scenes in his unpretentious little comedy :the best takes place in a nightclub where the porter makes earnest Gaetan out to be a debauched individual.

    I'd tone it down a bit for one thing : Lucien Baroux does not resemble Jean Tissier ,and in spite of the long absence ,it's impossible that the chatelaine should recognize her brother.
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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1941 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Bearer Check
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production company
      • S.U.F.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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