The Cupboard Was Bare
1948The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
Acted in
Fernandel
as Alfred Puc
Berthe Bovy
as Madame Léa Lobligeois
Germaine Kerjean
as Madame Coufignac
Albert Dinan
as 'P'tit Louis'
Annette Poivre
as Mimi
Robert Pizani
as Medic
Marcel Pérès
as Frejus
Marcelle Monthil
as Client
Gaston Modot
as Gangster
Pauline Carton
as Mrs. Ovide
Jean Toulout
as Actor
Louis Florencie
as Notary
Paul Demange
as 'Le Frisé'
Maximilienne
as Salvation Army commander
André Bervil
as First regular
Nina Myral
as First gossip
Jean Témerson
as Second regular
Christiane Sertilange
as Young bride
Jean Daurand
as Young groom
Katherine Kath
as Actress
Jacques Tarride
as Auctioneer
Georgé
René Hell
as Stage manager
Robert Noël
Zélie Yzelle
as Second gossip
Luc Andrieux
as Third regular
Raymond Destac
François Richard
as Commissioner
Marcel Melrac
Bedel
as Movers
Edmond Beauchamp
as Commissioner
Yves Deniaud
as Monsieur Martinet
Antonin Berval
as 'Grand Charles'
Albert Broquin
as Inspector (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
as Boirot (uncredited)
Liliane Charpentier
as (uncredited)
Pierre Duncan
as (uncredited)
Édouard Francomme
as (uncredited)
Henry Gerrar
as Employee (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as Salvationist (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
as Actress (uncredited)
Marcel Loche
as Cornu (uncredited)
Paola Manelli
as (uncredited)
Albert Michel
as Agent (uncredited)
Mylos
as (uncredited)
Frédéric O'Brady
as Inspector (uncredited)