La Belle Américaine

La Belle Américaine English: The American Beauty, is a French comedy film from 1961, directed by Robert Dhéry, written by Alfred Adam, starring Alfred Adam and Louis de Funès.^[1] The film was known under the titles: "La bella americana" (Italy), "The American Beauty" (English title), "Der tolle Amerikaner" (West Germany).^[2]

Plot

The wife of a rich man learns that her husband has an affair with a younger woman. She takes revenge on him by selling his beloved big car for little money. The worker Marcel Perrignon is very happy about this bargain but when his boss sees the car he envies him and Perrignon gets fired. This is the start of a number of mishaps for Perrignon.

Cast

• Robert Dhéry as Marcel Perrignon
• Colette Brosset as Paulette Perrignon
• Christian Marin as Pierrot Paulette's brother and ice cream salesman
• Alfred Adam as Alfred the motorbike friend
• Louis de Funès as Les frères Viralot, both the personnel manager and the commissaire (chief inspector)
• Bernard Lavalette as Le ministre du commerce trade minister
• Jacques Legras as Riri, cafe owner
• Robert Rollis as the hairdresser
• Annie Ducaux as Mrs Lucanzas
• Éliane d'Almeida as Simone
• Michel Serrault as Chauveau aka Veau-froid, the tramp
• Claude Piéplu as the attorney
• Jacques Fabbri as Le gros
• Jean Lefebvre as Chougnasse, le chef comptable chief accountant
• Jean Richard as the spectacled locksmith
• Pierre Dac as the colonel
• Max Favalelli as the ambassador
• Jacques Balutin as Balutin
• Robert Burnier as Houche
• Bernard Dhéran as M. Jean
• Jean Carmet as the car thief
• Roger Pierre as snob sports car driver
• Jean-Marc Thibaut as the effete man
• Christian Duvaleix as the priest in the night
• Fernand Raynaud as himself in his comedy sketch as La Bougie (on a TV show)
• Pierre Tchernia as himself as TV presenter

References

External links

• La Belle Américaine at the Internet Movie Database
• La belle Américaine at the Films de France