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Wikipedia article
'The Sucker' (, ) is a French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Grard Oury starring Louis de Funs and Bourvil.
Plot
Leaving Paris for his summer vacation, the nave Antoine Marchal has his 2CV totally wrecked in a collision with the Bentley of company director Lopold Saroyan. As compensation, Saroyan offers Marchal the chance to drive a friend's 1964 white Cadillac DeVille convertible from Naples to Bordeaux, all expenses paid. Unknown to Marchal, Saroyan is the leader of a criminal gang and the Cadillac is filled with heroin, gold and precious stones, including the largest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun. Marchal collects the car in Naples from where, unknown to him, Saroyan and his associates shadow him. Unknown to Saroyan, an Italian gang are aware of the Cadillac's contents and are shadowing it as well.
After an accident, in which the repairman finds and removes the gold, Marchal reaches Rome, where a pretty manicurist called Gina joins him. She only does it to make her fianc jealous and then finds a pretty German hitchhiker called Ursula to accompany him. At night the Italian gang steal the Cadillac but are chased by Saroyan's gang, who capture it after a gun battle in which all the heroin is destroyed and return it to Marchal. Mickey, one of the Italian crooks, seduces Ursula, who invites him to join them. In an isolated spot, Mickey then tries to kill Marchal, but Ursula sabotages the battery so that he cannot make off with the car and saves Marchal's life. Left on his own, Marchal gets a new battery and throws the ruined one, full of diamonds, into the sea.
Crossing the border into France at Menton, Marchal sees Saroyan's car being stripped by the police. He realises that the car they want must be the one he is driving and that Saroyan must be crooked. Heading for Carcassonne, he rings an old friend who is now chief of police there. Still tracked by Saroyan and the Italians, he lures them all into the unmarked side door of the police station, where they are arrested. Taking the Cadillac on the last leg to Bordeaux, he has another accident, in which he finds the Youkounkoun. There is a reward of 100 million francs for its return.
Cast
* Bourvil as Antoine Marchal
* Louis de Funs as Lopold Saroyan
* Venantino Venantini as Mickey
* Henri Gns as Martial
* Beba Lonar as Ursula
* Nino Vingelli as Tagliella
* Alida Chelli as Gina
* Lando Buzzanca as Lino
* Jacques Ferrire as a gangster, chauffeur de Saroyan
* Jean Droze as a gangster, complice de Saroyan
* Jack Ary as Customs Officer
* Pierre Roussel as Mario Costa
Reception
It was the most popular film at the French box office in 1965. As of 2019, it is still one of the 25 most watched films in France along with 'La Grande Vadrouille', another Ouryde FunsBourvil collaboration.
The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where the actor Bourvil won a Special Diploma.
References
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