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La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...
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La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...
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Genre:Comedy
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Les Films Corona
Cast
René Chanas
Director
Michel Simon
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
Michèle Martin
Thérésa
Lucien Coëdel
Louis, aka 'La Carcasse'
Madeleine Suffel
Lucie
Georges Baconnet
Villager
Jean Brochard
Me Souquet
Lolita De Silva
Farm girl
Emile Chopitel
Mayor of the village
Charlotte Ecard
Gossip
Maurice Marceau
Peasant
Léon Larive
Commander Ludovic Midol
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