Le Roi du bla bla bla (1951)
Directed by Maurice Labro

Drama
aka: The King of the Bla Bla Bla

Film Synopsis

Harmless street vendor Prosper Bourrache is going about his usual day-to-day business when he is mistaken for a gangland boss by two seasoned crooks in urgent need of an ace safecracker - Moustique and Gino.  Before he knows it, the hapless Prosper is forced into lending his support to a robbery at the private residence of a very dodgy banker, Lafare.  Inevitably, the well-planned heist goes somewhat awry and, thanks to Prosper's intervention, the gang of crooks fall into the hands of the police.  One thing our intrepid hero had not bargained for is making himself popular with the mistress of the hoodlum he was mistaken for...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Maurice Labro
  • Script: Claude Boissol (dialogue), Louis d'Yvré (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Pierre Petit
  • Music: René Sylviano
  • Cast: Roger Nicolas (Prosper Bourrache), Jean Tissier (Lafare), Christian Duvaleix (Moustique), Lise Delamare (Lucienne Lafare), Jean-Jacques Delbo (Loustot), Louis de Funès (Gino), Jean Richard (Jacques), Irène de Trebert (Juliette), Paul Azaïs (Bébert), Robert Lombard (Hubert), Albert Michel (Charlie), Serge Berry (Vivarol), Nicole Gamma (Madeleine), Ben Cheloum (Riri), Marcel Loche (Un domestique)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Aka: The King of the Bla Bla Bla

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