- Actors: Louis de Funes, Venantino Venantini, Saro Urzì, Bourvil, Henri Génès
- Directors: Gérard Oury
- Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Universal
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0051S7OKU
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,611 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), German ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In this French comedy, a clever fellow proves himself smarter than the gangsters who would exploit him. The trouble begins in Paris when the vacationing hero accidentally gets into an auto accident with a smuggler. The crook is most apologetic for the mishap and kindly offers to let him drive his Cadillac to Bordeaux and continue with his holiday. The poor traveler doesn't know that the vehicle is a black market on wheels carrying everything from jewels to heroine. He is pursued by the smuggler and by a rival gang. He is so busy enjoying himself that he doesn't bother to look back at the gun battles raging behind him. He ends up picking up two hitchhiking women and continuing his leisurely journey. When he finally realizes that they are using him, he drives the crooks right to the police station. Later he discovers that the steering wheel of the car contains the largest diamond in the world.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I always think it a shame that the British rely so heavily on American comedy when there are so many excellent examples much closer to home. Just across the Channel in fact. It's another one of those myths that the French have no sense of humour. In the mid 60s, Gérard Oury made two comedies with a pair of France's most loved comic actors, Bourvil & Louis de Funès, Le Corniaud (1965) and La grande vadrouille (1966). Both were box-office smashes at the time in France and despite being broadcast nearly every year on French TV, still attract huge audiences. Le Corniaud (in the English translation 'the sucker') is Bourvil, the average warm-hearted but naive Frenchman who sets out from Paris on holiday to Italy in his trusty 2CV. After a few hundred yards, the Bentley of a rich import-export director (de Funès) reduces his car to a heap of spare parts in one of French cinema's most fondly remembered scenes. Here enters the third star of the film, an open top white Cadillac that de Funès offers to let the sucker drive from Naples to Bordeaux, prior to being exported back to the USA, as compensation for his spoiled holiday. It comes as no surprise that the car is stuffed full of gold, drugs and jewels, including the world's biggest diamond, the You-koun-koun. Tailed by both de Funès and the mafia who have got scent of the affair, we follow Bourvil's hilarious journey with classic scenes such as the repairs in an Italian garage and his attempts to thwart the jealous boyfriend of a beautiful girl hitchhiker as he reveals that he is not as dim as was thought. In short, a classic comedy that just begs to be discovered by a fresh audience. The film may be 45 years old, but it still retains all of its original charm. Give it a try!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent film, even if it was shot in the 60's. Louis de Funes is the ancestor of Mr Bean, and you'll love him!
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