Slightly Ahead (1956)

  • NR
  • 10/10/1956 (FR)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 28m

Overview

A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant. Renamed Teddy Morton and now a jockey, Amédée must ride a mare on which Ferdinand, advised by Parker, must bet. Absolutely convinced of his mystification, Parker bets on an oddball who, of course, loses, while at the last minute Galiveau, having bet on an outsider, wins a fortune. All Parker has to do is find another sucker.

Norbert Carbonnaux

Director

Michel Audiard

Writer

Albert Simonin

Writer

Cast

Louis de Funès's headshot

Louis de Funès

Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Fernand Gravey's headshot

Fernand Gravey

Olivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc
Jean Richard's headshot

Jean Richard

Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Jacques Duby's headshot

Jacques Duby

Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton
Darry Cowl's headshot

Darry Cowl

Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia
Micheline Dax's headshot

Micheline Dax

Lola d'Héricourt, une aventurière
Jacques Dufilho's headshot

Jacques Dufilho

Le garçon d'écurie
Max Révol's headshot

Max Révol

Le général des Empois

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