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Le cantinier de la coloniale ()


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Piéchu,an old Marine Corps soldier, ends his military career as a canteen attendant in barracks somewhere in the provinces. One day, he learns that he inherits a huge fortune. But, as they say, money does not make happiness.

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Piéchu
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Le capitaine
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Madame Piéchu
Léopold Simons ...
(as Simons)
Line Dariel ...
Zulma
Tichadel ...
Tréblard, le soldat bordelais
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Lucie
Georges Prieur ...
Le marquis
Pierre Feuillère
Marguerite Templey ...
La marquise
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre Athon ...
(uncredited)
Henri Bargin ...
(uncredited)
Albert Broquin ...
(uncredited)
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Le notaire (uncredited)
Marguerite de Morlaye ...
(uncredited)
Paul Gury ...
(uncredited)
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Le caporal (uncredited)
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(uncredited)
Jean-François Martial ...
Boule-de-Neige, le soldat noir (uncredited)
Claude Marty ...
(uncredited)
Robert Moor ...
(uncredited)
André Numès Fils ...
(uncredited)
Jean Négery ...
(uncredited)
Jean Nérys ...
(uncredited)
Saint-Allier ...
(uncredited)

Directed by

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Henry Wulschleger

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Yves Mirande ... (dialogue)
 
Yves Mirande ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Albert Dodrumez ... producer

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Vincent Scotto

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René Colas

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Jean Pouzet

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Lucien Carré

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Édouard Harispuru ... production manager

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Pierre-Louis Calvet ... sound

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Plot Summary

Our hero is the canteen man of the regiment ;with his bossy missus,as infuriating as his military superiors,he reigns ,so to speak ,over the grunts' grub. One fine day,opportunity knocks: his brother has just died;would you believe it,he made a fortune in America ,and our canteen man is the sole legatee: 100 million bucks. Overnight,his life (and his wife's ) change:not only his mates tell him stories to make his heart bleed to get some dough,but two aristocrats,a marquis and an earl,short of the readies,want the canteen man's daughter, a wise girl in love with a deserving young lawyer doing his military service,to become their daughter-in-law ,and to latch on to the girl's dowry. Written by dbdumonteil

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Also Known As
  • Un de la coloniale (France)
  • Colonial Canteen (United States)
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  • 106 min
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