Tricoche and Cacolet
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| Directed by | Pierre Colombier |
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| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Jean Pouzet |
| Music by | Casimir Oberfeld |
Production company | Les Films Modernes |
| Distributed by | Les Distributeurs Associés |
Release date | 7 September 1938 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Tricoche and Cacolet (French: Tricoche et Cacolet) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Fernandel, Frédéric Duvallès and Ginette Leclerc.[1] It is based on an 1872 play of the same title by Ludovic Halevy and Henri Meilhac. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis[edit]
Two idle Parisian boulevardiers set up a detective agency. They are separately hired by a husband and wife to spy on each other with their respective lovers, while a Turkish Prince has fallen in love with both the wife and her husband's mistress. Eventually everything is resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
Cast[edit]
- Fernandel as Tricoche
- Frédéric Duvallès as Cacolet
- Ginette Leclerc as Fanny de Saint-Origan dite Fanny Bombance
- Elvire Popesco as Bernardine Van der Pouf
- Saturnin Fabre as Monsieur Van der Pouf
- Monique Montey as Georgette
- Palmyre Levasseur as La bonne de Tricoche
- Madeleine Suffel as Virginie - la bonne du bureau de placement
- Jean Weber as Le duc Émile
- Sylvio De Pedrelli as Oscar Pacha
- Jean Gobet as Breloque - le secrétaire
- Gaston Orbal as Fil-de-fer
- Rivers Cadet as Naphtaline
- Alexandre Mihalesco as Le régisseur
- Albert Malbert as L'acteur
- Simone Chobillon
- Manuel Gary
- Franck Maurice
- Fernand Trignol
References[edit]
- ^ Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.97
Bibliography[edit]
- Jean-Louis Ginibre, John Lithgow & Barbara Cady. Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-dressing in the Movies. Filipacchi Publishing, 2005.
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