Check on the King

Check on the King

95 mins | Comedy | May 15, 1945

Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from her husband, Jeanne discovers that she loves him.

Check on the King

95 mins | Comedy | May 15, 1945

Check on the King
Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Louis XIV recommended to Jeanne, the king forced De Villefort to marry Jeanne, then sent her to war. Separated from her husband, Jeanne discovers that she loves him.
Producers Société Universelle de Films (SUF)
Original title Échec au roy
Directors Jean-Paul Paulin
Writers

Cast

Odette Joyeux

as Jeannette de Pincret

Lucien Baroux

as Le jardinier La Verdure

Georges Marchal

as Le vicomte Pierre d'Haussy de Villefort

Gabrielle Dorziat

as Madame de Maintenon

Maurice Escande

as Le roi Louis XIV

Jacques Varennes

as Le duc de Montgobert

Jacqueline Ferrière

as Mademoiselle d'Aumale

Madeleine Rousset

as La comédienne Adrienne Lecouvreur

Sylvie Noëlle

as Anne de Salbris

Marfa d'Hervilly

as Une dame de Saint-Cyr

Catherine Morgate

as Geneviève de Riqueville