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Fric-Frac (1939)

Original Title : Fric-Frac
Director : Maurice Lehman
Claude Autant-Lara
Writer : Ã‰douard Bourdet
Michel Duran
Genre : Comedy
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Country : France
Language : French
Music : Casimir Oberfeld
Photography : Louis Née
Armand Thirard
IMDB ID : 0031345
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poster for "Fric-Frac" by Maurice Lehman | Claude Autant-Lara (1939)
Fric-Frac (1939) - Maurice Lehman | Claude Autant-Lara
 

Starring

ÂFernandel Marcel
ÂArletty Loulou
ÂMichel Simon Jo
ÂHélène Robert Renée
ÂAndrex Petit-Louis
ÂRené Génin Blain (as Genin
ÂGénia Vaury La grande marie
ÂJacques Varennes Tintin
ÂMarcel Vallée M. Blin rest of cast listed alphabetically
ÂHenri Charrett (uncredited
ÂClairjane (uncredited
ÂClaire Darcas (uncredited
ÂManuel Gary (uncredited
ÂGeorges Lannes Fernand (uncredited
ÂRaymond Marcel (uncredited
ÂHuguette Meunier (uncredited
ÂFrédéric Moussti (uncredited
ÂFranÃois Simon (uncredited
ÂStuber (uncredited
ÂTitys (uncredited
 

Plot

Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. When he meets lovely Loulou and her lazy friend Jo, he is fascinated by the girl and somehow attracted by their world : Loulou and Jo are crooks. As Marcel naively tries to bring some morality in their lives, the pair turn him into an unwilling accomplice in the robbery of his boss's jewels.
 

Comments

Silly plot,wonderful actors. This is Lehman's only claim to fame,although he was helped by Claude Autant-Lara who was to become one of the most important directors of the years to come("Douce","le diable au corps").It's not much of a plot (a fric frac=break-in),but the fabulous threesome make it a winner.Michel Simon plays a gentle thug,so lazy his nickname is "Jo with the arms cut".Arletty is Loulou ,a whore who teaches slang to the respectable Marcel ,a clerk in a jeweller's shop ,object of his two "friends' " desire.A lot of fun is guaranteed for all!