The American Beauty

5.9
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 1961. September 29.

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.

Discover

Robert Dhéry

Marcel Perrignon

Colette Brosset

Paulette Perrignon

Louis de Funès

Police station secretary / Head of personnel

Jean Lefebvre

Chougnasse

Alfred Adam

Alfred

Pierre Dac

Colonel

Annie Ducaux

Mrs. Lucanzas

Jacques Fabbri

'Le gros' / Fatso

Bernard Lavallette

Minister of Commerce

Jacques Legras

Riri, cafe owner

Robert Rollis

Maurice, aka 'Le Lapin', hairdresser

René Sarvil

Bargeman

Catherine Sola

Isabelle Zoutin

Pierre Tchernia

Announcer

Jean Carmet

Burglar

Roger Pierre

Snob in Sports Car

Jean-Marc Thibault

Effeminate Young Man

André Badin

The 'big' gas station manager

Bruno Balp

Gas station attendant

Jacques Balutin

Inspector Balutin

Didier Daix

Bernapic

Robert Destain

Inspector

Philippe Dumat

Gas station employee

Max Favalelli

Ambassador

Maurice Gardett

Grougnache

Gilberte Géniat

Mrs. Zoutin

Jean Gras

The dauber

Guy Grosso

Barbemont

Michel Modo

Slovak

Dominique Maurin

Hairdresser's son

Claude Piéplu

Me Fachepot, notary

Nono Zammit

Gas station attendant

Art

Lucien Aguettand

Production Design

Camera

Ghislain Cloquet

Director of Photography

Directing

Robert Dhéry

Director

Editing

Production

Marcel Maurey

Producer

Sound

Gérard Calvi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Alfred Adam

Screenplay

Robert Dhéry

Screenplay

Pierre Tchernia

Screenplay

Art

Lucien Aguettand

Production Design

Camera

Ghislain Cloquet

Director of Photography

Directing

Robert Dhéry

Director

Editing

Production

Marcel Maurey

Producer

Sound

Gérard Calvi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Alfred Adam

Screenplay

Robert Dhéry

Screenplay

Pierre Tchernia

Screenplay