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Le Gentleman d'Epsom
1962 Comedy / Crime
Review
Nearly a decade after their appearance together in Georges Lacombe’s
Leur dernière nuit (1953), Jean Gabin
and Madeleine Robinson are reunited in this gentle comic farce. Although the plot
is stretched rather thinly, there are some good jokes and a memorable appearance by
the great comedy actor Louis de Funès. Gabin and De Funès had previously
appeared in Claude Autant-Lara’s 1955 film,
La Traversée de Paris, and would subsequently
share top billing in Denys de La Patellière’s 1968 film
Le Tatoué, by which time De Funès’
popularity had well and truly overtaken Gabin’s.
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Director:
Gilles Grangier
Starring: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson, Franck Villard, Jean Lefebvre, Jacques Marin Synopsis
Retired military officer Richard Briand-Charmery, known to all as “The Commandant”, gambles
every centime he has on horse racing bets. When his luck is down, he supplies his
friends with false betting tips, knowing that the friend whose bet comes off will give
him a fraction of the winnings. One day, Richard meets up with an old flame, Maud,
and passes an evening with her at his expense. To pay the bill for the evening’s
extravagance, the Commandant tries his scam on a naive restaurateur, Ripeux...
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