Berlingot and Company

Berlingot and Company

85 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 27, 1939

François and Victor sell hard candy at the fun fair. They also bring up Gisèle, a one-year-old child they found by the side of the road. Although the two men are often at each other's throats they are the best friends, getting on well with the other fairground people. But when they defend Lisa, the fortune teller's daughter against Dédé, a thug who pesters her, they provoke his anger. Dédé sets fire to the two friends' stand and they are forced to take the road.

Berlingot and Company

85 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 27, 1939

Berlingot and Company
François and Victor sell hard candy at the fun fair. They also bring up Gisèle, a one-year-old child they found by the side of the road. Although the two men are often at each other's throats they are the best friends, getting on well with the other fairground people. But when they defend Lisa, the fortune teller's daughter against Dédé, a thug who pesters her, they provoke his anger. Dédé sets fire to the two friends' stand and they are forced to take the road.
Producers Les Films Fernand Rivers
Original title Berlingot et Cie
Directors Fernand Rivers
Writers Jean Manse

Cast

Fernandel

as François Arnaud

Suzy Prim

as Isabelle Grandville

Fernand Charpin

as Victor Faivre

Fréhel

as Bohémia

Jean Brochard

as le directeur de l'asile

Rivers Cadet

as le lutteur

Monique Bertho

as Thérèse

Jean Témerson

as un client du café

René Alié

as Dédé

Édouard Delmont

as Courtepatte

Monique Bert

as Thérèse, la bonne de Madame Grandville

Servière

as Gaston dit 'L'Affranchi'

Josyane Lane

as Lisa

Marco Behar

as Le fou évadé

Marcel Maupi

as Isidore

Fernand Flament

as Paulo dit 'L'Alibi'

Jacky

as La petite Gisèle

Josette Contandin

as Une petite spectatrice du spectacle (uncredited)