The Madman of Lab Four

90 mins
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to intimidate the inventor. A half-hearted attempt at comedy tries to go along with the double dealing and trickery of the thin plot of the film.

Jean Lefebvre

Eugène Ballanchon, scientific researcher, single

Maria Latour

Régine, Mr. Beauchard's spy

Bernard Blier

Mr. Beauchard, executive secretary linked to a gang

Michel Serrault

Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory

Pierre Tornade

DST inspector

Pierre Brasseur

Father Ballanchon

Margo Lion

Mrs. Ballanchon, Eugène's mother

Robert Dalban

Merchant, spy in the laboratory

Jean Franval

DST inspector

Sabine Sun

Baroness

Yvon Sarray

Pedestrian

Max Arian

Extra worker (uncredited)

André Cagnard

Jo (uncredited)

Guy Delorme

Actor from the western (uncredited)

Marius Gaidon

Police officer (uncredited)

Henri Guégan

Actor from the western (uncredited)

Jean Ozenne

Minister (uncredited)

Laure Paillette

Traveler (uncredited)

Lionel Vitrant

Actor from the western (uncredited)

Henri Sonois

Set Decoration

Henri Sonois

Production Design

Pierre Charron

Set Decoration

Mireille de Tissot

Production Manager

Gilles Baudoin Peytel

Still Photographer

Robert Sussfeld

Production Manager

Michel Lebon

Assistant Camera

Billy Bonnard

Key Makeup Artist

Guy Azzi

Production Accountant

Raymond Lemoigne

Director of Photography

Jean-Marie Poiré

Second Assistant Director

Alice Bogard

Unit Manager

Daniel Diot

Camera Operator

André Cagnard

Action Director

Colette Lambert

Assistant Editor

Claude Carliez

Stunt Coordinator

Armand Tabuteau

Unit Production Manager

Pierre Cosson

Assistant Director

Alain Poiré

Delegated Producer

Jean Jak

Boom Operator

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