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Slightly Ahead ()

Courte tête (original title)
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High rollers try to take advantage of the naivety of a provincial to make some profits.

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Olivier Parker
Micheline Dax ...
Lola d'Héricourt
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Ferdinan Galiveau, éleveur de volailles à Parthenay
Jacques Duby ...
Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton
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Le tailleur
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Le serveur 'Gay Paris'
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Le garçon d'écurie
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Cyril Mauvoisin, l'entraîneur (as Harry Max)
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Le maître d'hôtel (as Pascal Mazotti)
Annick Tanguy ...
La danseuse de Mambo (as Anik Tanguy)
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Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Max Révol ...
Général des Empois
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Prosper / Père Grazziani / Colonel Luc de la Frapinière / Le premier garçon de Turbolaria
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Ary ...
Un inspecteur (uncredited)
Jenny Astruc ...
Une servante de l'hôtel (uncredited)
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Fred Campuche (uncredited)
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Un chasseur de l'hôtel (uncredited)
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L'homme qui vend des tuyaux hippiques (uncredited)
Max Dalban ...
Le gros homme du hammam (uncredited)
Michel Dancourt ...
Le responsable du réveil à l'hôtel (uncredited)
Fulbert Janin ...
Le lieutenant Ceccaldi, l'ordonnance (uncredited)
Robert Le Fort ...
Un lad (uncredited)
Robert Mercier ...
Le portier de l'hôtel (uncredited)
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Un garçon d'étage (uncredited)
Anne Sandri ...
Une servante de l'hôtel (uncredited)

Directed by

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Norbert Carbonnaux

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Michel Audiard ... (dialogue)
 
Norbert Carbonnaux ... (adaptation)
 
Albert Simonin ... (scenario)

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Jean-Paul Guibert ... producer (as J.P. Guibert)

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Jean Prodromidès

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Roger Dormoy

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Jacqueline Thiédot

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Colette Charbonneau ... assistant editor

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Jacques Colombier

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Marcel Bordenave ... makeup artist

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André Cultet ... production manager
Eric Geiger ... unit production manager

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Jacques Deray ... assistant director
Georges Lautner ... assistant director

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Robert Guisgand ... assistant production designer
Roger Joint ... set dresser

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Jean-Claude Marchetti ... sound engineer

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René Ribault ... camera operator (as René Ribaut)

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Marie Darricades ... script girl

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Plot Summary

Olivier Parker, phlegmatic swindler and unemployed of great class, gives us the technique to make a fortune in one day, by betting on the credulity of racing enthusiasts. You pretend to be a rich trainer, you order a suit from the best tailor in town, you stay in the right hotels, you steal a little unlucky guy to make him a second-hand jockey, and with the help of some eccentric who will wear a cassock, an officer's hat or a Longchamp cap, depending on the circumstances, you will make the perfect jobber believe that you hold the secrets of the turf. Ferdinand Galiveau, "wholesale poultry", passing through Paris to rest from a very "astringent" job, will be the dream pigeon to walk from palace to nightclub to make him believe in a miracle. A series of gags will lead us from "Gay Paris" to the racetrack where the last one's pipe, having passed from mouth to mouth, will return to its source, and our friendly pheasant, caught at his own game, will bet himself all the money he has unduly earned on his toquard. He will only lose by a short head.

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Also Known As
  • Les ramasse-Miettes (France)
  • Slightly Ahead (United States)
  • Photo Finish (United States)
  • Slightly Ahead (World-wide, English title)
  • Short Head (United Kingdom)
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