How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)

  • NR
  • 11/11/1965 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 40m

Overview

The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.

Gilles Grangier

Director

Albert Simonin

Writer

Georges Lautner

Director

Albert Kantoff

Writer

Cast

Bernard Blier's headshot

Bernard Blier

Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Dominique Davray's headshot

Dominique Davray

Madame Blanche, wife of Charles (segment “La Fermeture”)
Henri Virlogeux's headshot

Henri Virlogeux

Regular doctor of the brothel (segment "La Fermeture")
Frank Villard's headshot

Frank Villard

Marcel Froment, boss of the “Panier Fleuri”, Toulon (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Jacques Marin's headshot

Jacques Marin

Second-hand dealer and mover who buys furniture (segment "La Fermeture")
Yori Bertin's headshot

Yori Bertin

Colette, boarder (segment "La Fermeture" & “Le Procès”)
Michèle Bardollet's headshot

Michèle Bardollet

Boarder (segment "La Fermeture")
Jean Lefebvre's headshot

Jean Lefebvre

Léonard Maburon, “Léo le solitaire”, burglar (segment "Le Procès")

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