Fric-Frac (1939)

Original Title :	Fric-Frac
Director :	Maurice Lehman Claude Autant-Lara
Writer :	Édouard 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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Fric-Frac (1939) - Maurice Lehman | Claude Autant-Lara

Starring

Fernandel		Marcel
Arletty		Loulou
Michel Simon		Jo
Hélène Robert		Renée
Andrex		Petit-Louis
René Génin		Blain (as Genin
Génia Vaury		La grande marie
Jacques Varennes		Tintin
Marcel Vallée		M. Blin rest of cast listed alphabetically
Henri Charrett		(uncredited
Clairjane		(uncredited
Claire Darcas		(uncredited
Manuel Gary		(uncredited
Georges Lannes		Fernand (uncredited
Raymond Marcel		(uncredited
Huguette Meunier		(uncredited
Frédéric Moussti		(uncredited
François Simon		(uncredited
Stuber		(uncredited
Titys		(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!