Film

The Cupboard Was Bare

1948 · 1h 30m · Comedy · Crime

IMDb

6.8

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.

Fernandel

Alfred Puc

Berthe Bovy

Madame Léa Lobligeois

Germaine Kerjean

Madame Coufignac

Albert Dinan

'P'tit Louis'

Annette Poivre

Mimi

Robert Pizani

Medic

Marcel Pérès

Frejus

Marcelle Monthil

Client

Gaston Modot

Gangster

Pauline Carton

Mrs. Ovide

Jean Toulout

Actor

Louis Florencie

Notary

Paul Demange

'Le Frisé'

Maximilienne

Salvation Army commander

André Bervil

First regular

Nina Myral

First gossip

• Carlo RimWriter · Director
• Raymond BorderieProducer
• Jean DarveyExecutive Producer
• Nicolas HayerDirector of Photography
• Henri TavernaEditor

Release date

October 29, 1948

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Comedy, Crime