Slightly Ahead
1956A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant. Renamed Teddy Morton and now a jockey, Amédée must ride a mare on which Ferdinand, advised by Parker, must bet. Absolutely convinced of his mystification, Parker bets on an oddball who, of course, loses, while at the last minute Galiveau, having bet on an outsider, wins a fortune. All Parker has to do is find another sucker.
Acted in
Louis de Funès
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Fernand Gravey
as Olivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc
Jean Richard
as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Jacques Duby
as Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton
Darry Cowl
as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia
Micheline Dax
as Lola d'Héricourt, une aventurière
Jacques Dufilho
as Le garçon d'écurie
Max Révol
as Le général des Empois
Robert Murzeau
as Le tailleur, également turfiste
Guy Bedos
as Fred Campuche, le jockey
Max Dalban
as Le gros homme du hammam
