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All Mad About Him
Mathieu is a mild-mannered man engaged to a woman whose father is involved in running a house of prostitution. When the father dies, Mathieu inherits the bordello and is unprepared for his new position. He overcomes his shyness and becomes a sexual dynamo when his workers feed him some powerful amphetamines.
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Mathieu is a mild-mannered man engaged to a woman whose father is involved in running a house of prostitution. When the father dies, Mathieu inherits the bordello and is unprepared for his new position. He overcomes his shyness and becomes a sexual dynamo when his workers feed him some powerful amphetamines.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Michel Audiard, Norbert Carbonnaux, François Fabert, Maurice Fabre, Didier Goulard
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Daiano Film, Sud-Pacifique Films
Cast
Norbert Carbonnaux
Director
Robert Hirsch
Mathieu Gossin
Sophie Desmarets
Hélène Maccard
Maria Latour
Lily
Jacqueline Coué
Mélina
Julien Guiomar
Antoine Bascou
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Révérend-Père Fouquet
Hélène Dieudonné
La marquise
Georges Chamarat
Maître Liotard
Yvette Lebon
Nine
Colette Mareuil
Marlène
Jean-Jacques Delbo
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