Overview

Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage..

Top Cast

Pierre Fresnay

Bastien

Arletty

Lucrèce

Jean-Claude Brialy

Brice

Annie Fratellini

Jeannette

Jacques Dufilho

Puymartin

Jean Tissier

Le directeur de la prison

Sophie Grimaldi

Francine

Pierre Destailles

Le directeur du journal

Émile Genevois

Jojo

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Acteur

Gérard Darrieu

Le pompiste

Henri Guégan

Un membre du jury