Monsieur Taxi
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Monsieur Taxi | |
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Directed by | André Hunebelle |
Written by | Jean Halain |
Produced by | P.A.C, Pathé Cinéma (France) |
Starring | Michel Simon Louis de Funès |
Music by | Louiguy |
Distributed by | Pathé Consortium, C.F.R |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Monsieur Taxi (Mister Taxi) is a 1952 French comedy film which was directed André Hunebelle, written by Jean Halain, and starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. It is about Pierre Verger, who is nicknamed Monsieur Taxi and always in company of a smart young dog called "Gangster".
Plot[]
Monsieur Taxi comes across a bag a passenger seems to have forgotten on the backseat. The bag contains a considerable amount of money and he is desperate to return it. While trying to find the owner of the bag he is eventually taken for a criminal and arrested by police. But in the end everything is straightened out and he lives to see his both children get married.
Cast[]
- Michel Simon : Pierre Verger (Monsieur Taxi)
- Jane Marken : Louise
- Jean Brochard : Léon
- : Lily Minouche, the dancer
- Jane Marken : Louise, wife of Léon
- Jean Brochard : Léon, husband of Louise, policeman
- Jean Carmet : François
- André Valmy : the main inspector
- Pauline Carton : the aunt of Lily
- : the Italian
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir : Mrs Angela
- Nathalie Nattier : La Rousse
- Louis de Funès : (uncredeted)
References[]
External links[]
- Monsieur Taxi at IMDb
- Monsieur Taxi (1952) at the Films de France
Categories:
- 1952 films
- French-language films
- French comedy films
- French black-and-white films
- Films directed by André Hunebelle
- French films
- Films about taxis
- 1952 comedy films
- 1950s French film stubs