The Wild Oat (1956)

  • NR
  • 06/27/1956 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 43m

Overview

A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.

Henri Verneuil

Director

Pierre Lozach

Writer

Yves Favier

Writer

Cast

Fernandel's headshot

Fernandel

Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
Georges Chamarat's headshot

Georges Chamarat

Mr. Aussel, postmaster
Henri Vilbert's headshot

Henri Vilbert

Mayor of Valorgue
Edmond Ardisson's headshot

Edmond Ardisson

Évariste, postman
Leda Gloria's headshot

Leda Gloria

Mrs. widow Zanetti, grocer and mother of Françoise
Pierrette Bruno's headshot

Pierrette Bruno

Françoise Zanetti, daughter of Mrs. Zanetti
Jean Gaven's headshot

Jean Gaven

Abbot Daniel, village vicar
Madeleine Sylvain's headshot

Madeleine Sylvain

Mrs. Clotilde Hébrard, wife of Félicien

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