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Keep an Eye on Amelia (1951)
A young woman's comfortable life with her boyfriend is disrupted when he leaves for military duty, entrusting her to a playboy friend seeking a fake marriage for inheritance. Complications arise as a prince enters the scene, pursuing her romantically.
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A young woman's comfortable life with her boyfriend is disrupted when he leaves for military duty, entrusting her to a playboy friend seeking a fake marriage for inheritance. Complications arise as a prince enters the scene, pursuing her romantically.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
In Theaters:12/1/1951
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Runtime:92 minutes
Studio:Lux Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Cast
Claude Autant-Lara
Director
Danielle Darrieux
Amélie d'Avranche
Jean Desailly
Marcel Courbois
Victor Guyau
Van Putzeboom, Marcel's uncle
Grégoire Aslan
Prince Nicolas of Palestria
André Bervil
Lieutenant Étienne de Milledieu
Charles Dechamps
The Mayor
Louise Conte
Irène
Marcelle Arnold
The Lady in Purple
Lucienne Granier
Palmyre
Julien Carette
Pochet, Amélie's father
Robert Auboyneau
Adonis
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