The American Beauty
Released: September 29, 1961Runtime: 104 minLanguage: FR
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.
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Alfred Adam
as Alfred
Colette Brosset
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Robert Burnier
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Pierre Dac
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Eliane D Almeida
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Bernard Dheran
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Robert Dhery
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Annie Ducaux
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Jacques Fabbri
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Louis De Funes
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