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The Cupboard Was Bare
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The Cupboard Was Bare 1948 Directed by Carlo Rim L'Armoire volante

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gneres Comedy , Crime
Release Date 29 October 1948
90 mins
Cast
Fernandel
Fernandel Alfred Puc
Berthe Bovy
Berthe Bovy Madame Léa Lobligeois
Germaine Kerjean
Germaine Kerjean Madame Coufignac
Albert Dinan
Albert Dinan 'P'tit Louis'
Annette Poivre
Annette Poivre Mimi
Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani Medic
Marcel Pérès
Marcel Pérès Frejus
Marcelle Monthil
Marcelle Monthil Client
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot Gangster
Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton Mrs. Ovide
Jean Toulout
Jean Toulout Actor
Louis Florencie
Louis Florencie Notary
Paul Demange
Paul Demange 'Le Frisé'
Maximilienne
Maximilienne Salvation Army commander
André Bervil
André Bervil First regular
Nina Myral
Nina Myral First gossip
Jean Témerson
Jean Témerson Second regular
Christiane Sertilange
Christiane Sertilange Young bride
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand Young groom
Katherine Kath
Katherine Kath Actress
Jacques Tarride
Jacques Tarride Auctioneer
Georgé
Georgé
René Hell
René Hell Stage manager
Robert Noël
Robert Noël
Zélie Yzelle
Zélie Yzelle Second gossip
Luc Andrieux
Luc Andrieux Third regular
Raymond Destac
Raymond Destac
François Richard
François Richard Commissioner
Marcel Melrac
Marcel Melrac
Bedel
Bedel Movers
Edmond Beauchamp
Edmond Beauchamp Commissioner
Yves Deniaud
Yves Deniaud Monsieur Martinet
Antonin Berval
Antonin Berval 'Grand Charles'
Albert Broquin
Albert Broquin Inspector (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet Boirot (uncredited)
Liliane Charpentier
Liliane Charpentier (uncredited)
Pierre Duncan
Pierre Duncan (uncredited)
Édouard Francomme
Édouard Francomme (uncredited)
Henry Gerrar
Henry Gerrar Employee (uncredited)
René Lacourt
René Lacourt Salvationist (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
Palmyre Levasseur Actress (uncredited)
Marcel Loche
Marcel Loche Cornu (uncredited)
Paola Manelli
Paola Manelli (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Albert Michel Agent (uncredited)
Mylos
Mylos (uncredited)
Frédéric O'Brady
Frédéric O'Brady Inspector (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Carlo Rim
Carlo Rim
Writer
Carlo Rim
Carlo Rim
Producer
Raymond Borderie
Raymond Borderie
Executive Producer
Jean Darvey
Jean Darvey
Cinematography
Nicolas Hayer
Nicolas Hayer
Editor
Henri Taverna
Henri Taverna
Sound
Jean Bertrand
Jean Bertrand
Set Decoration
Emile Alex
Emile Alex
Music
Georges Van Parys
Georges Van Parys
Camera Operator
Noël Martin
Noël Martin
Assistant Director
Bernard Borderie
Bernard Borderie