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  • The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
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    90 min | Comedy, Crime
The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
Approved
90 min | Comedy, Crime

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. ...See moreThe 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. Written by Les Adams See less
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Carlo Rim (original screenplay)
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Updated Oct 29, 1948

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Nov 3, 1952 (United States)

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47 cast members
Name Known for
Fernandel
Alfred Puc Alfred Puc   See fewer
Berthe Bovy
Madame Lea Lobligeois Madame Lea Lobligeois   See fewer
Germaine Kerjean
Madame Coufignac (as Germaine Kerjean de la Comédie Française) Madame Coufignac (as Germaine Kerjean de la Comédie Française)   See fewer
Albert Dinan
P'tit Louis (as Dinan) P'tit Louis (as Dinan)   See fewer
Maximilienne
La commandant e de l'armée du salut La commandant e de l'armée du salut   See fewer
Paul Demange
Le Frise Le Frise   See fewer
Louis Florencie
Le notaire (as Florencie) Le notaire (as Florencie)   See fewer
Jean Toulout
L'acteur L'acteur   See fewer
Pauline Carton
Mme Ovide Mme Ovide   See fewer
André Bervil
Le premier habitué (as Bervil) Le premier habitué (as Bervil)   See fewer
Nina Myral
La première commère La première commère   See fewer
Jean Témerson
Le deuxième habitué (as Temerson) Le deuxième habitué (as Temerson)   See fewer
Christiane Sertilange
La jeune mariée La jeune mariée   See fewer
Jean Daurand
Le jeune marié Le jeune marié   See fewer
Katherine Kath
L'actrice L'actrice   See fewer
Gaston Modot
Un gangster Un gangster   See fewer
Jacques Tarride
Le commissaire-priseur Le commissaire-priseur   See fewer
Georgé
Actor Actor   See fewer
René Hell
Le régissseur Le régissseur   See fewer
Zélie Yzelle
La deuxième commère (as Izelle) La deuxième commère (as Izelle)   See fewer
Luc Andrieux
Le troisième habitué (as Andrieux) Le troisième habitué (as Andrieux)   See fewer
Raymond Destac
Actor (as Tristan Sevère) Actor (as Tristan Sevère)   See fewer
François Richard
Un commissaire (as Richard) Un commissaire (as Richard)   See fewer
Marcel Melrac
Actor (as Melrac) Actor (as Melrac)   See fewer
Bedel
Les déménageurs Les déménageurs   See fewer
Marcelle Monthil
La cliente La cliente   See fewer
Marcel Pérès
Frejus (as Pérès) Frejus (as Pérès)   See fewer
Henri Charrett
Caillol (as Charrett) Caillol (as Charrett)   See fewer
Robert Pizani
Le médecin (as Pizani) Le médecin (as Pizani)   See fewer
Edmond Beauchamp
Le commissaire (as Beauchamp) Le commissaire (as Beauchamp)   See fewer
Yves Deniaud
Monsieur Martinet Monsieur Martinet   See fewer
Antonin Berval
Grand Charles (as Berval) Grand Charles (as Berval)   See fewer
Albert Broquin
Un Inspecteur (uncredited) Un Inspecteur (uncredited)   See fewer
Rivers Cadet
Boirot (uncredited) Boirot (uncredited)   See fewer
Liliane Charpentier
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Pierre Duncan
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Édouard Francomme
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Gerrar
Un employé (uncredited) Un employé (uncredited)   See fewer
René Lacourt
Un salutiste (uncredited) Un salutiste (uncredited)   See fewer
Palmyre Levasseur
Une actrice (uncredited) Une actrice (uncredited)   See fewer
Marcel Loche
Cornu (uncredited) Cornu (uncredited)   See fewer
Paola Manelli
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Albert Michel
Un agent (uncredited) Un agent (uncredited)   See fewer
Mylos
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Frédéric O'Brady
Un inspecteur (uncredited) Un inspecteur (uncredited)   See fewer
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