The Prize

Top 10 Billed Cast

Bourvil
Bourvil

Isidore Pastouret

Jacqueline Pagnol
Jacqueline Pagnol

Élodie

Germaine Dermoz
Germaine Dermoz

Mme Husson

Mireille Perrey
Mireille Perrey

la comtesse de Blonville

Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton

Virginie Pastouret, la mère

Yvette Etiévant
Yvette Etiévant

Marie, la jeune paysanne

Jeanne Véniat
Jeanne Véniat

Mme Pitard

Nina Myral
Nina Myral

Mme de Gondreville

Germaine Reuver
Germaine Reuver

Nicoline, la mère de Marie

Georges Baconnet
Georges Baconnet

M. Laboureur, le maire

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    Madame Husson and her circle of holier-than-thou ladies (including an old maid Madame Cadenas)are looking for a chaste and pure girl who will win a hefty sum.

  • Release Date

    1950-09-20

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    6.143

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