Sep 29, 1961
104 min
Full-HD

The American Beauty (1961)

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.

Category

Comedy

Country

France

Companies

Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC) Le Film d'art Corflor Panoramas-Films

Robert Dhéry

Marcel Perrignon

Colette Brosset

Paulette Perrignon

Louis de Funès

Police station secretary / Head of personnel

Michel Serrault

Tramp

Jean Lefebvre

Chougnasse

Alfred Adam

Alfred

Robert Burnier

Houche

Pierre Dac

Colonel

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