One Hundred Francs Per Second

One Hundred Francs Per Second

88 mins | Comedy | Jan. 9, 1953

Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.

One Hundred Francs Per Second

88 mins | Comedy | Jan. 9, 1953

One Hundred Francs Per Second
Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
Producers Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), PAC Films, SN Pathé-Cinéma
Original title Cent francs par seconde
Directors Jean Boyer
Writers Jean-Jacques Vital, Serge Veber, Jean Boyer

Cast

Philippe Lemaire

as Philippe Delteil

Geneviève Kervine

as Jacqueline Bourdinet

Bourvil

as Self

Fred Pasquali

as Mr Bourdinet

Henri Génès

as Fernand Dargueval

Gaston Orbal

as Le secrétaire de M. Bourdinet

Jean-Jacques Vital

as L'animateur de l'émission

Jacques Eyser

as Le Fakir Kirmah

Jeannette Batti

as Louloutte

Mons. Champagne

as Self

André Gillois

as Self

Ray Ventura

as Self

Nicolas Amato

as Le directeur du théâtre (uncredited)

Luc Andrieux

as Le mauvais garçon (uncredited)

Jacques Antoine

as Un assistant de Vital (uncredited)

Jack Ary

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

Jackie Blanchot

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

Alain Bouvette

as Le correspondant extérieur de l'émission (uncredited)

André Carnège

as Un actionnaire (uncredited)

Marcel Charvey

as Le mécanicien (uncredited)

André Dalibert

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

Hubert de Lapparent

as Le spectateur qui change de place (uncredited)

Monique Defrançois

as La cliente du fakir (uncredited)

Germaine Delbat

as Mlle Marthe, la secrétaire de M. Bourdinet (uncredited)

Jacques Deray

as L'autre mauvais garçon (uncredited)

Giani Esposito

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

André Fuma

as Le jeune marié concurrent (uncredited)

Émile Genevois

as Le camelot (uncredited)

Sylvain Lévignac

as Un spectateur (uncredited)

Marcel Loche

as Un Gardien des établissements Bourdinet (uncredited)

Robert Lombard

as Roland (uncredited)

Franck Maurice

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

Émile Morel

as Un actionnaire (uncredited)

Jacques Morlaine

as (uncredited)

Dominique Page

as L'épouse du jeune marié concurrent (uncredited)

Roger Vincent

as Un actionnaire (uncredited)