On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "na...
Top Cast
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Roger PierreMaurice
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Jean-Marc ThibaultRoland
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Alexandre DréanRoland's neighbor with the dog
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Louisette RousseauRoland's concierge
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Michel NastorgJean-Pierre, effeminate butcher
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André Astier
DO
Dominique DavrayCreamer
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Robert DhéryAgent who arrests the suitcase thief
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Geneviève Germain
PI
Pierre Gualdi
YV
Yvon JeanEmployee of the slaughterhouse
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Henri LabussièrePolice officer Léon
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René-Louis LafforgueButcher boy
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Georges-Xavier Loir
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PommeMaurice's mother
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Jean-Jacques SteenRoland's concierge
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Pierre TcherniaOther agent who arrests the suitcase thief
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Nono ZammitPolice officer Marcel
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Dominique ZardiGendarme who falls on the coal balls (uncredited)