Le corniaud

"The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!"

Mar 24 1965 N/A 1h 51m
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

Plot

In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

Written by

Gérard Oury, Marcel Jullian, Georges Tabet

Directed by

Gérard Oury

Cast

Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Venantino Venantini

Crew

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Production Countries

Spain, France, Italy

Production Companies

Les Films Corona, Explorer Film '58

Languages

Français

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
8,431
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA