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Tricoche and Cacolet

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Tricoche and Cacolet
Directed byPierre Colombier
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Edited byJean Pouzet
Music byCasimir Oberfeld
Production
company
Les Films Modernes
Distributed byLes Distributeurs Associés
Release date
  • 7 September 1938 (1938-09-07)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Tricoche and Cacolet (French: Tricoche et Cacolet) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Fernandel, Frédéric Duvallès and Ginette Leclerc.[1] It is based on an 1872 play of the same title by Ludovic Halevy and Henri Meilhac. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

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Two idle Parisian boulevardiers set up a detective agency. They are separately hired by a husband and wife to spy on each other with their respective lovers, while a Turkish Prince has fallen in love with both the wife and her husband's mistress. Eventually everything is resolved to everyone's satisfaction.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.97

Bibliography

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  • Jean-Louis Ginibre, John Lithgow & Barbara Cady. Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-dressing in the Movies. Filipacchi Publishing, 2005.
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