Thirty and Forty

Thirty and Forty

105 mins | Comedy, Music | July 3, 1946

The scene is set during the Second Empire. Captain Bitterlin watches jealously over his lovely daughter Madeleine but he cannot prevent nature from demanding its rights and Madeleine soon finds herself a suitor in the person of Mario, a dashing young songwriter. Bitterlin, who wishes his daughter to "evade the grip" of the young man, takes her away to Monte Carlo. There, the captain does what he had sworn he would never do, he gambles in a casino. And even more upsetting: Mario might well be hereabouts...

Thirty and Forty

105 mins | Comedy, Music | July 3, 1946

Thirty and Forty
The scene is set during the Second Empire. Captain Bitterlin watches jealously over his lovely daughter Madeleine but he cannot prevent nature from demanding its rights and Madeleine soon finds herself a suitor in the person of Mario, a dashing young songwriter. Bitterlin, who wishes his daughter to "evade the grip" of the young man, takes her away to Monte Carlo. There, the captain does what he had sworn he would never do, he gambles in a casino. And even more upsetting: Mario might well be hereabouts...
Producers Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
Original title Trente et quarante
Directors Gilles Grangier
Writers

Cast

Georges Guétary

as Count Mario de Miranda

André Alerme

as Captain Bitterlin

Martine Carol

as Madeleine Bitterlin

Jean Parédès

as Monsieur Leprince

Gisèle Préville

as Aurélia

Félix Oudart

as Colonel Flosh

Albert Michel

as Stutterer traveler in the train

Charles Lemontier

as Taciturn traveler in the train

Robert Balpo

as Marseille hotelier

Pierre Labry

as Swimming instructor

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Agathe

Fred Pasquali

as Silvergot Publisher

Michèle Philippe

as Hélène Leprince

Frédéric Mariotti

as Bistrokeeper (uncredited)

Colette Ripert

as (uncredited)

Roger Vincent

as Colonel Arbiter of the Duel (uncredited)