The Cupboard Was Bare

The Cupboard Was Bare

90 mins | Crime, Comedy | Oct. 29, 1948

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

The Cupboard Was Bare

90 mins | Crime, Comedy | Oct. 29, 1948

The Cupboard Was Bare
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)
Original title L'Armoire volante
Directors Bernard Borderie, Carlo Rim
Writers Carlo Rim

Cast

Fernandel

as Alfred Puc

Berthe Bovy

as Madame Lea Lobligeois

Germaine Kerjean

as Madame Coufignac

Albert Dinan

as 'P'tit Louis'

Annette Poivre

as Mimi

Robert Pizani

as Medic

Marcel Pérès

as Frejus

Marcelle Monthil

as Client

Gaston Modot

as Gangster

Pauline Carton

as Mrs. Ovide

Jean Toulout

as Actor

Louis Florencie

as Notary

Paul Demange

as 'Le Frisé'

Maximilienne

as Salvation Army commander

André Bervil

as First regular

Nina Myral

as First gossip

Jean Témerson

as Second regular

Christiane Sertilange

as Young bride

Jean Daurand

as Young groom

Katherine Kath

as Actress

Jacques Tarride

as Auctioneer

Georgé

as

René Hell

as Stage manager

Zélie Yzelle

as Second gossip

Luc Andrieux

as Third regular

François Richard

as Commissioner

Bedel

as Movers

Edmond Beauchamp

as Commissioner

Yves Deniaud

as Monsieur Martinet

Antonin Berval

as 'Grand Charles'

Albert Broquin

as Inspector (uncredited)

Rivers Cadet

as Boirot (uncredited)

Liliane Charpentier

as (uncredited)

Pierre Duncan

as (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

as (uncredited)

Henry Gerrar

as Employee (uncredited)

René Lacourt

as Salvationist (uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

as Actress (uncredited)

Marcel Loche

as Cornu (uncredited)

Paola Manelli

as (uncredited)

Albert Michel

as Agent (uncredited)

Mylos

as (uncredited)

Frédéric O'Brady

as Inspector (uncredited)