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The Cupboard Was Bare

The Cupboard Was Bare

Comedy, Crime

1h 30m

October 29, 1948 (76 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Fernandel

Fernandel

Alfred Puc

Birthday: May 8, 1903

45 February 26, 1971 (67)
Berthe Bovy

Berthe Bovy

Madame Léa Lobligeois

Birthday: January 6, 1887

61 February 26, 1977 (90)
Germaine Kerjean

Germaine Kerjean

Madame Coufignac

Birthday: July 22, 1893

55 May 6, 1975 (81)
Albert Dinan

Albert Dinan

'P'tit Louis'

Birthday: March 27, 1902

46 July 3, 1976 (74)
Annette Poivre

Annette Poivre

Mimi

Birthday: June 24, 1917

31 June 2, 1988 (70)
Robert Pizani

Robert Pizani

Medic

Birthday: April 26, 1898

50 June 17, 1965 (67)
Marcel Pérès

Marcel Pérès

Frejus

Birthday: January 23, 1898

50 June 28, 1974 (76)
Marcelle Monthil

Marcelle Monthil

Client

Birthday: June 8, 1892

56 November 8, 1950 (58)
Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

Gangster

Birthday: December 31, 1887

60 February 19, 1970 (82)
Pauline Carton

Pauline Carton

Mrs. Ovide

Birthday: July 4, 1884

64 June 17, 1974 (89)