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L'assassin est dans l'annuaire

  • 1962
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
118
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L'assassin est dans l'annuaire (1962)
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Fernandel plays Albert, the unhappy brunt of jokes by his fellow office-workers who goes from the frying pan into the fire. Albert gets caught up in a robbery that also goes from bad to wors... Read allFernandel plays Albert, the unhappy brunt of jokes by his fellow office-workers who goes from the frying pan into the fire. Albert gets caught up in a robbery that also goes from bad to worse when it leads to several murders. Although he is not a killer and essentially innocent, ... Read allFernandel plays Albert, the unhappy brunt of jokes by his fellow office-workers who goes from the frying pan into the fire. Albert gets caught up in a robbery that also goes from bad to worse when it leads to several murders. Although he is not a killer and essentially innocent, there does not seem to be very much that Albert can do to convince others of the truth.

  • Director
    • Léo Joannon
  • Writers
    • Charles Exbrayat
    • Jacques Robert
    • Jean Halain
  • Stars
    • Fernandel
    • Georges Chamarat
    • Henri Crémieux
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    118
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Léo Joannon
    • Writers
      • Charles Exbrayat
      • Jacques Robert
      • Jean Halain
    • Stars
      • Fernandel
      • Georges Chamarat
      • Henri Crémieux
    • 2User reviews
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    Fernandel
    Fernandel
    • Albert Rimond
    Georges Chamarat
    Georges Chamarat
    • Leclerc
    Henri Crémieux
    Henri Crémieux
    • Le juge d'instruction
    Robert Dalban
    Robert Dalban
    • Le commissaire
    Marie Déa
    Marie Déa
    • Édith
    Paul Faivre
    • Le patron du café
    Gisèle Grimm
    • Annette
    Jacques Harden
    Jacques Harden
    • Bertrand
    Léo Joannon
    • Le docteur Jousseaume
    Bernard Lavalette
    • Martel
    Céline Léger
    • La monitrice
    Alice Leitner
    • La vendeuse loterie
    Charles Lemontier
    Charles Lemontier
    • Le premier cantonnier
    Claire Olivier
    • Mme Levasseur
    Noël Roquevert
    Noël Roquevert
    • Le monsieur austère de l'avenue des Tilleuls
    Edith Scob
    Edith Scob
    • Jenny
    Maurice Teynac
    Maurice Teynac
    • Levasseur
    Sabine André
      • Director
        • Léo Joannon
      • Writers
        • Charles Exbrayat
        • Jacques Robert
        • Jean Halain
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      dbdumonteil

      Comedy,melodrama,film noir,whodunit....

      ....this Leo Joannon effort is all this ...but not more!

      Not unlike Julien Duvivier's "l'homme à l'imperméable" which also featured Fernandel,was also adapted from a Charles Exbrayat novel ,and was finally a failure cause Fernandel is definitely not a film noir actor.

      "L'assassin Est Dans l'Annuaire" is more entertaining although it is a bizarre concoction.

      Bits of melodrama show up now and than:Fernandel is alone in the world,his colleagues' laughing stock,no love of his own,he looks at the orphans who play in the park under their teacher's watchful eye;Marie Dea"s character and her little boy ,Pierre,whose photograph is in the apartment she shares with her brother but who is living in the country...Fernandel-the-man-in-search-of-love is a character he often played in the past notably in Marcel Pagnol's works ("Angèle" "Nais" whose screenplay Pagnol wrote)

      Comedy: Fernandel's character is so dumb,so naive that he can be fooled by everyone.Either he is idiot,or he is a genius ,the Police say,but the shrink (played by the director) knows better.

      film noir:the harbor (Rouen) ,the dark streets,the bank and his manager,a small part of a femme fatale played by Edith Scob; but the film noir soon turns to.....

      ...whodunit as one by one ,the gangsters are strangled by an unknown hand ...

      It is a bit stodgy,but Fernandel makes it all worthwhile;no masterpiece,by a long shot,but entertaining.

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        Referenced in Les échos du cinéma: Episode #1.19 (1961)

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      • Release date
        • March 2, 1962 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Assassin in the Phonebook
      • Filming locations
        • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
      • Production companies
        • Marianne Productions
        • Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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