La Reine des resquilleuses (1936)
Directed by Marco de Gastyne, Max Glass

Drama

Film Synopsis

Tired of being unemployed, Victorine takes up cleaning cars under the name Victor.  Everyone thinks she is a boy.   She meets a young American millionaire whom a gang of crooks is planning to fleece.  Victorine, posing alternately as a man and a woman, manages to drive away the hoodlums and ends up marrying a valet.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Marco de Gastyne, Max Glass
  • Script: E. Raymond (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Henri Barreyre, Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
  • Music: Ralph Erwin, Jean Lenoir
  • Cast: Raymond Aimos (Georges), Jacques Baumer (M. Legrand), Pierre Brasseur (Fred Woolson), Julien Carette (Richard), Max Dearly (John), Charles Dechamps (Jean), Suzanne Dehelly (Victorine), Pierre Finaly (Un membre du conseil d'administration), Georges Flamant (Albert), Suzy Prim (Véra), Marcel Vallée (Un membre du conseil d'administration), Mady Berry, Henri Bosc, Georges Cahuzac, Paulette Dubost, Pedro Elviro, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Anna Lefeuvrier, Frédéric Mariotti, Teddy Michaud
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 90 min

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