La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

72 mins | Comedy, TV Movie | Dec. 31, 1993

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)

La Classe américaine

72 mins | Comedy, TV Movie | Dec. 31, 1993

La Classe américaine
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Dune
Original title La Classe américaine
Directors Claude Lewy, Dominique Mézerette, Michel Hazanavicius
Writers Dominique Mézerette, Michel Hazanavicius

Cast

Christine Delaroche

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Évelyne Grandjean

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Marc Cassot

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Patrick Guillemin

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Raymond Loyer

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Joël Martineau

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Jean-Claude Montalban

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Roger Rudel

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Jean-Éric Bielle

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Marc François

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Michel Hazanavicius

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Lionel Abelanski

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Dominique Farrugia

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Alain Chabat

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Serge Hazanavicius

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

Jean-Yves Lafesse

as Dubbing Voice (voice)

John Wayne

as George Abitbol (archive footage)

Dustin Hoffman

as Peter (archive footage)

Paul Newman

as Dave (archive footage)

Robert Redford

as Steven (archive footage)

Burt Lancaster

as José (archive footage)

Henry Fonda

as Hugues (archive footage)

James Stewart

as Jacques (archive footage)

Dean Martin

as Dino (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra

as Frankie (archive footage)

Clark Gable

as The Actor (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum

as Yves (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall

as Christelle (archive footage)

Angie Dickinson

as Jacqueline (archive footage)

Lana Turner

as Isabelle (archive footage)

Jason Robards

as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)

Orson Welles

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Balsam

as Callaghan (archive footage)

Ricky Nelson

as George's Friend (archive footage)

Charles Bronson

as The Indian (archive footage)

Elvis Presley

as The Fucking Oddball (archive footage)

Stuart Whitman

as A Future Man (archive footage)

Ned Beatty

as Frédéric (archive footage)

Spencer Tracy

as The Professional Witness (archive footage)

Ernest Borgnine

as Ernest (archive footage)

Jan-Michael Vincent

as The Helicopter Fan (archive footage)

Yvonne De Carlo

as The Actor's Wife (archive footage)

Randolph Scott

as Joël (archive footage)

James Franciscus

as Professor Hammond (archive footage)

Slim Pickens

as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)

Antonio Fargas

as 'Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage)

Walter Brennan

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

Jacqueline Bisset

as The Helicopter Woman (archive footage)

Burgess Meredith

as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)

Jack Warden

as A Journalist (archive footage)

Akim Tamiroff

as Dino's Friend (archive footage)

Nick Cravat

as José's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Qualen

as V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Donald Sutherland

as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin West

as Police Officer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jacqueline deWit

as Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlotte Stewart

as Waitress (archive footage) (uncredited)

Christopher George

as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elaine Devry

as Prostitute #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sharon DeBord

as Prostitute #2 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sue Ane Langdon

as Prostitute #3 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jackie Joseph

as Prostitute #4 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jackie Russell

as Prostitute #5 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Forrest Tucker

as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Colbert

as A Future Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jenny Sullivan

as The Water Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jane Howard

as 'La Choucroute' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill McKinney

as Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward

as Frédéric's Agressor #2 (archive footage) (uncredited)

Josh Albee

as Steven's New Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pamela Tiffin

as Bikini Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)

Valentina Cortese

as The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

Russell Evans

as Julien Lepers (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lyle Bettger

as Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Dante

as 'Le Manchot' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gary Grimes

as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roy Jenson

as Goon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gila Golan

as Professor Hammond's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)

Al Lettieri

as Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Kelton

as Gaël (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie Albert

as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Teddy Wilson

as Huggy's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)

Penny Fuller

as Sosso (archive footage) (uncredited)

Florence Pepper

as 'La Grosse Vache' (archive footage) (uncredited)