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The Sucker
“The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!”
7.4 / 10• 1965• 1h 51m•NR• French
ComedyCrime
Storyline
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
Cast & Crew
Bourvil
Antoine Maréchal
Lead
Louis de Funès
Léopold Saroyan
Venantino Venantini
Mickey, "le Bègue"
Henri Génès
Martial, le brigadier
Beba Lončar
Ursula, l'auto-stoppeuse
Alida Chelli
Gina, la manucure
Lando Buzzanca
Lino, le barbier
Jacques Eyser
Un complice de Saroyan
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gérard Oury's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Sucker is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
