The Cupboard Was Bare

90 mins
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.

Fernandel

Alfred Puc

Berthe Bovy

Madame Léa Lobligeois

Germaine Kerjean

Madame Coufignac

Albert Dinan

'P'tit Louis'

Gaston Modot

Gangster

Pauline Carton

Mrs. Ovide

Paul Demange

'Le Frisé'

Maximilienne

Salvation Army commander

André Bervil

First regular

Nina Myral

First gossip

Jean Témerson

Second regular

Jean Daurand

Young groom

Jacques Tarride

Auctioneer

René Hell

Stage manager

Zélie Yzelle

Second gossip

Luc Andrieux

Third regular

François Richard

Commissioner

Bedel

Movers

Edmond Beauchamp

Commissioner

Yves Deniaud

Monsieur Martinet

Antonin Berval

'Grand Charles'

Albert Broquin

Inspector (uncredited)

Rivers Cadet

Boirot (uncredited)

Pierre Duncan

(uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

(uncredited)

Henry Gerrar

Employee (uncredited)

René Lacourt

Salvationist (uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

Actress (uncredited)

Marcel Loche

Cornu (uncredited)

Paola Manelli

(uncredited)

Albert Michel

Agent (uncredited)

Mylos

(uncredited)

Frédéric O'Brady

Inspector (uncredited)

Carlo Rim

Writer

Carlo Rim

Director

Jean Bertrand

Sound Editor

Emile Alex

Set Decoration

Noël Martin

Camera Operator

Jean Darvey

Production Manager

Nicolas Hayer

Director of Photography

Bernard Borderie

Assistant Director

Jean Darvey

Executive Producer

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