
About the film

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The American Beauty
Release Date: September 29, 1961
Year | : | 1961 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Comedy |
Production Companies | : | Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC), Le Film d'Art, Corflor, Panoramas-Films |
Director | : | Robert Dhéry |
Producers | : | Édouard Harispuru, Henri Diamant-Berger, Florence Lesser, Marcel Maurey |
Writers | : | Alfred Adam, Pierre Tchernia, Robert Dhéry |
RunTime | : | 104 mins. |
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more
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