La joyeuse prison (1956)

ALL 06/29/1956 (fr) Comedy 95 Min
  • Release
    06/29/1956
  • Production
    La Société des Films Sirius
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    La joyeuse prison
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.

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Casts

  1. Michel Simon

    Benoit, the chief guard

  2. Ded Rysel

    Auguste Tuboeuf, inmate farmer

  3. Paulette Dubost

    Justine Benoit

  4. Lisette Lebon

    Rosette Benoit

  5. Michel Roux

    André Chauvin

  6. Christian Alers

    The sub-prefect

  7. Georges Baconnet

    Ferdinand Bouchonnet

  8. Francis Boyer

  9. Henri Coutet

    Gustave

  10. Robert Dalban

    Vauclin, inmate gangster

  11. Paul Derly

    Breton, safe-cracking inmate

  12. Émile Genevois

    'Petit Louis', burglar inmate

  13. Marguerite Héliès

    The sub-prefect

  14. Jane Helly

  15. Marcel Rouzé

    The brigadier

  16. Maryse Martin

    Charlotte Tuboeuf

  17. Paul Faivre

    Filasse, poacher inmate

  18. Charles Bouillaud

    Blafard, forger inmate

  19. Alice Tissot

    Madame de St-Leu

  20. Darry Cowl

    Maître Larigot

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 20 , Crews : 4

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La joyeuse prison (1956) 95 Min

ALL 06/29/1956 (fr)
Comedy
  • Release 06/29/1956
  • Production
    La Société des Films Sirius
  • Original title La joyeuse prison
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.

  1. André Berthomieu

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer