Adventure Comedy War
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Directed by
Marcel Camus
Written by
Marcel Jullian
Jacques Marbeuf
German non-commissioned officer
Roland Lesaffre
Fake resistance fighter full of tics
Terry-Thomas
Commander Perry of British HQ
Stephen Yardley
Bobby
Bourvil
Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
Roger Lumont
French chef in London
Michel Robin
Shoemaker of shoes for Rommel
William Mervyn
Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'
Patrick Préjean
Officer of the British HQ
Jess Hahn
British colonel
Maurice Auzel
British soldier (uncredited)
Jean Poiret
Armand, resistance leader and double agent
Jean-Pierre Zola
Colonel Muller
Billy Kearns
Training camp commander
Norman Mitchell
Bobby
Gerald Campion
Clergyman
Rudy Lenoir
German non-commissioned officer
Guy Delorme
German sailor
Robert Le Béal
Officer of the British HQ
Roger Trapp
Tramp in prison
Jacques Balutin
Resistant gendarme
Annabel Leventon
Sybil, British non-commissioned officer
Sara Franchetti
Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon
Frank Williams
Clergyman
Peter McEnery
Jeff, the downed British airman
Sophie Desmarets
Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon
Michel Berreur
Marcel Gassouk
German corporal
Peter Myers
Colonel in the R.A.F.
Jean Rupert
British HQ order
Jackie Sardou
Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter
Rico López
Albert
Fernand Guiot
German corporal of 'Totor'
Antoine Baud
Feldgendarme
Georges Staquet
Hippolyte, leader of the resistance
Jacques Préboist
Ernest
Pierre Decazes
SS soldier
Anthony Stuart
Officer of the British HQ
Pino Caruso
Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver
Roger Guillo
Prunier, cook in London
Paul Savatier
Prison guard
Yvon Lec
Gédéon Charlus
John Eppler
Erwin Rommel
Janine Dill
Passerby
Jean Moulard
Gestapo policeman
Roger Mailles
Gendarme
Gilbert Roimarmier
German non-commissioned officer
René Rall
Gestapo policeman
Guy Allombert
German officer
Bill Horsley
R.A.F. orderly
Odile Astié

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