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The Cupboard Was Bare

6.1

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Genres:

  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Release date: 1948-10-29
  • Budget: $0
  • Revenue: $0
Plot:
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.

Cast:

ActorCharacter
Alfred Puc
Madame Léa Lobligeois
Madame Coufignac
'P'tit Louis'
Mimi
Medic
Frejus
Client
Gangster
Mrs. Ovide
Actor
Notary
'Le Frisé'
Salvation Army commander
First regular
First gossip
Second regular
Young bride
Young groom
Actress
Auctioneer
Stage manager
Second gossip
Third regular
Commissioner
Movers
Commissioner
Monsieur Martinet
'Grand Charles'
Inspector (uncredited)
Boirot (uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Employee (uncredited)
Salvationist (uncredited)
Actress (uncredited)
Cornu (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Agent (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Inspector (uncredited)
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