Tricoche and Cacolet

Tricoche and Cacolet
Tricoche and Cacolet
Directed by	Pierre Colombier
Written by	Ludovic Halevy (play); Henri Meilhac (play); René Pujol;
Produced by	Bernard Natan; Emile Natan; Joseph Spigler;
Starring	Fernandel; Frédéric Duvallès; Ginette Leclerc;
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Jean Pouzet
Music by	Casimir Oberfeld
Production; company	Les Films Modernes
Distributed by	Les Distributeurs Associés
Release date	7 September 1938;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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

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

Fernandel as Tricoche
Frédéric Duvallès as Cacolet
Ginette Leclerc as Fanny de Saint-Origan dite Fanny Bombance
Elvire Popesco as Bernardine Van der Pouf
Saturnin Fabre as Monsieur Van der Pouf
Monique Montey as Georgette
Palmyre Levasseur as La bonne de Tricoche
Madeleine Suffel as Virginie - la bonne du bureau de placement
Jean Weber as Le duc Émile
Sylvio De Pedrelli as Oscar Pacha
Jean Gobet as Breloque - le secrétaire
Gaston Orbal as Fil-de-fer
Rivers Cadet as Naphtaline
Alexandre Mihalesco as Le régisseur
Albert Malbert as L'acteur
Simone Chobillon
Manuel Gary
Franck Maurice
Fernand Trignol

References

^ Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.97

Bibliography

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

External links

Tricoche and Cacolet at IMDb

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[1] Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.97

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