The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)

ALL 10/29/1948 (fr) Comedy, Crime 90 Min
  • Release
    10/29/1948
  • Production
    Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    L'Armoire volante
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

  1. Carlo Rim

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Henri Taverna

    Editor

  4. Raymond Borderie

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Fernandel

    Alfred Puc

  2. Berthe Bovy

    Madame Léa Lobligeois

  3. Germaine Kerjean

    Madame Coufignac

  4. Albert Dinan

    'P'tit Louis'

  5. Annette Poivre

    Mimi

  6. Robert Pizani

    Medic

  7. Marcel Pérès

    Frejus

  8. Marcelle Monthil

    Client

  9. Gaston Modot

    Gangster

  10. Pauline Carton

    Mrs. Ovide

  11. Jean Toulout

    Actor

  12. Louis Florencie

    Notary

  13. Paul Demange

    'Le Frisé'

  14. Maximilienne

    Salvation Army commander

  15. André Bervil

    First regular

  16. Nina Myral

    First gossip

  17. Jean Témerson

    Second regular

  18. Christiane Sertilange

    Young bride

  19. Jean Daurand

    Young groom

  20. Katherine Kath

    Actress

  21. Jacques Tarride

    Auctioneer

  22. Georgé

  23. René Hell

    Stage manager

  24. Robert Noël

  25. Zélie Yzelle

    Second gossip

  26. Luc Andrieux

    Third regular

  27. Raymond Destac

  28. François Richard

    Commissioner

  29. Marcel Melrac

  30. Bedel

    Movers

  31. Edmond Beauchamp

    Commissioner

  32. Yves Deniaud

    Monsieur Martinet

  33. Antonin Berval

    'Grand Charles'

  34. Albert Broquin

    Inspector (uncredited)

  35. Rivers Cadet

    Boirot (uncredited)

  36. Liliane Charpentier

    (uncredited)

  37. Pierre Duncan

    (uncredited)

  38. Édouard Francomme

    (uncredited)

  39. Henry Gerrar

    Employee (uncredited)

  40. René Lacourt

    Salvationist (uncredited)

  41. Palmyre Levasseur

    Actress (uncredited)

  42. Marcel Loche

    Cornu (uncredited)

  43. Paola Manelli

    (uncredited)

  44. Albert Michel

    Agent (uncredited)

  45. Mylos

    (uncredited)

  46. Frédéric O'Brady

    Inspector (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 46 , Crews : 12

Keyword

The Cupboard Was Bare (1948) 90 Min

ALL 10/29/1948 (fr)
Comedy, Crime
  • Release 10/29/1948
  • Production
    Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
  • Original title L'Armoire volante
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

  1. Carlo Rim

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Henri Taverna

    Editor

  4. Raymond Borderie

    Producer