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Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage..Read moreLess
Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage..
The story
Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage..
Cast & crew
Pierre FresnayBastien
ArlettyLucrèce
Jean-Claude BrialyBrice
Annie FratelliniJeannette
Jacques DufilhoPuymartin
Jean TissierLe directeur de la prison
Sophie GrimaldiFrancine
Pierre DestaillesLe directeur du journal
Émile GenevoisJojo
Jean-Pierre CasselActeur
Gérard DarrieuLe pompiste
Henri GuéganUn membre du juryExplore the crew
- Director
- Maurice Delbez
- Original Music Composer
- André Hodeir
- Writer
- Maurice Delbez
- Original Music Composer
- Henri Crolla
- Editor
- Louisette Hautecœur
- Writer
- Pierre Apestéguy
- Director of Photography
- Robert Lefebvre
- Producer
- Roland Laudenbach
- Producer
- Alain Poiré