Le Million(1931)
You MUST see it to know how indescribably clever and enormously "smart" a movie CAN be!
Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.
Movie: Le Million
Top 10 Billed Cast
Michel Bouflette
Béatrice
Prosper
Père La Tulipe
Vanda
Ambrosio Sopranelli
Le chauffeur de taxi
La cantatrice
Le régisseur (as Pitouto)
L'épicière
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Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.
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1931-02-04
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You MUST see it to know how indescribably clever and enormously "smart" a movie CAN be!
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