Fric-Frac
- Maurice Lehmann
- Claude Autant-Lara (uncredited)
Arletty
Michel Simon
- Louis Née
- Armand Thirard
- 15 June 1939 (1939-06-15)
Fric-Frac is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon. It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to use him as an accomplice to rob his boss. The film is based on a 1936 play by Édouard Bourdet. Filming took place in March and April 1939 at the Laboratoires et Studios Eclair in Épinay-sur-Seine.[1] The film was released in France on 15 June 1939.[2]
Cast
- Fernandel as Marcel
- Arletty as Loulou
- Michel Simon as Jo
- Hélène Robert as Renée
- Marcel Vallée as Mercadier, the jeweller
- Jacques Varennes as Tintin
- Andrex as Petit Louis
- René Génin as Blin
- Georges Lannes as Fernand
- Génia Vaury as La Grande Marie
Production
According to Arletty, Claude Autant-Lara did all the direction and Maurice Lehmann was mainly the producer.[3]
References
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- ^ "Anecdotes du film Fric-frac". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ^ "Fric-frac". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ^ Gilles, Christian (1988). Arletty ou la liberté d'être. Librairie Séguier. p. 72. ISBN 9782906284869.
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