Directed by:
Gilles GrangierCinematography:
Louis PageCast:
Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard, Louis de Funès, Jean Lefebvre, Jacques Marin, Paul Frankeur, Jean Martinelli, Alexandre Rignault, Paul Mercey (more)Plots(1)
Three screenwriters pooled their talents for this French racetrack drama. Jean Gabin plays a handicapper who's been living high on the hog (or horse) for years. While playing the ponies at Britain's Epson Downs, Gabin finally outsmarts himself. The rest of the story concerns his feverish efforts to recoup his former glory. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean Gabin
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Holy Year (1976)
Madeleine Robinson
France
Best movies:
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Father's Trip (1966)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Frank Villard
France
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
Louis de Funès
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Jean Lefebvre
France
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Jacques Marin
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Paul Frankeur
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Children of Paradise (1945)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Jean Martinelli
France
Best movies:
The Red and the Black (1954)
The President (1961)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Alexandre Rignault
France
Best movies:
Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo (1961)
The Red and the Black (1954)
Ruy Blas (1948)
Paul Mercey
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Pierre Collet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
The Common Man (1975)
Albert Michel
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Denmark
Best movies:
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Angels of Sin (1943)
If All the Guys in the World... (1955)
Paul Faivre
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Edith Ker
France
Best movies:
Children of Mata Hari (1970)
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
Delicatessen (1991)
Michel Thomass
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Witness in the City (1959)
Charade (1963)
Jean-Claude Rémoleux
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Common Man (1975)
My Uncle (1958)
Charles Millot
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
Mourir d'aimer (1971)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Édouard Francomme
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Witness in the City (1959)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
René Hell
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Witness in the City (1959)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)