The Sucker

"The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!"

1965 1h 51m FR

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 737

ComedyCrime

Synopsis

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In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".

“The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!”

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Cast

Bourvil
Antoine Maréchal
Louis de Funès
Léopold Saroyan
Venantino Venantini
Mickey, "le Bègue"
Henri Génès
Martial, le brigadier
Beba Lončar
Ursula, l'auto-stoppeuse
Alida Chelli
Gina, la manucure
Lando Buzzanca
Lino, le barbier
Jacques Eyser
Un complice de Saroyan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Marcel Jullian, Gérard Oury
Languages: French
Countries: Spain, France, Italy

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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61 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Spain, France, Italy.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gérard Oury, shot by Henri Decaë. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Georges Delerue. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Albert Jurgenson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Bourvil and Louis de Funès and Venantino Venantini carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gérard Oury directs. Henri Decaë behind the camera. Georges Delerue scores. Albert Jurgenson cuts. Produced in Spain, France, Italy. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
261 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3International production across 3 countries: Spain, France, Italy.
4Directed by Gérard Oury, shot by Henri Decaë. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Georges Delerue. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Albert Jurgenson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Bourvil and Louis de Funès and Venantino Venantini carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!".
9IMDB entry: tt0057967 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 19 themes, including "france", "paris, france", "drug smuggling", "diamond".