The Race for Love
1925In 1925 what may have been the first cycling film was made, Le Roi de la Pédale starring the popular comedy actor Biscot, and with scenes shot on the Tour de France and also with Henri Decoin as a screenwriter.
Acted in
Georges Biscot
as Fortuné Richard
Blanche Montel
as Simone Piérard
Jean Murat
as Jacquemart
Piérard
as Le directeur sportif
Bouboule
as Bouboule de gomme
Henri-Amédée Charpentier
as Le père Anatole
Ernest-Henri Demanne
as Le directeur de l'usine de cycles
Émile Vervet
as Le contremaître Bonbonne
Henriette Clairval-Terof
as La bonne de l'hôtel
Jeanne Marie-Laurent
as Maman Richard
Georgette Lhéry
as Olga