Monsieur Taxi
| Monsieur Taxi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | André Hunebelle |
| Produced by | P.A.C, Pathé Cinéma (France) |
| Written by | Jean Halain |
| Starring |
Michel Simon Louis de Funès |
| Music by | Louiguy |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium, C.F.R |
Release dates | 3 September 1952 (France) |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Monsieur Taxi English: Mister Taxi, is a French comedy film from 1952, directed André Hunebelle, written by Jean Halain, starring by Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. It is about Pierre Verger, who is nicknamed Monsieur Taxi and always in company of a smart young dog called "Gangster".[1]
Plot
Monsieur Taxi comes across a bag a passenger seems to have forgotten on the backseat. The bag contains a considerable amount of money and he is desperate to return it. While trying to find the owner of the bag he is eventually taken for a criminal and arrested by police. But in the end everything is straightened out and he lives to see his both children get married.
Cast
- Michel Simon : Pierre Verger (Monsieur Taxi)
- Jane Marken : Louise
- Jean Brochard : Léon
- Monique Darbaud : Lily Minouche, the dancer
- Jane Marken : Louise, wife of Léon
- Jean Brochard : Léon, husband of Louise, policeman
- Jean Carmet : François
- André Valmy : the main inspector
- Pauline Carton : the aunt of Lily
- Espanita Cortez : the Italian
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir : Mrs Angela
- Nathalie Nattier : La Rousse
- Louis de Funès : (uncredeted)
References
External links
- Monsieur Taxi at the Internet Movie Database
- Monsieur Taxi (1952) at the Films de France