The Cupboard Was Bare

Carlo Rim
1948-10-29


6.1
90 min

The 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Fernandel Alfred Puc Unowned
Berthe Bovy Madame Léa Lobligeois Unowned
Germaine Kerjean Madame Coufignac Unowned
Albert Dinan 'P'tit Louis' Unowned
Annette Poivre Mimi Unowned
Robert Pizani Medic Unowned
Marcel Pérès Frejus Unowned
Marcelle Monthil Client Unowned
Gaston Modot Gangster Unowned
Pauline Carton Mrs. Ovide Unowned
Jean Toulout Actor Unowned
Louis Florencie Notary Unowned
Paul Demange 'Le Frisé' Unowned
Maximilienne Salvation Army commander Unowned
André Bervil First regular Unowned
Nina Myral First gossip Unowned
Jean Témerson Second regular Unowned
Christiane Sertilange Young bride Unowned
Jean Daurand Young groom Unowned
Katherine Kath Actress Unowned
Jacques Tarride Auctioneer Unowned
Georgé Unowned
René Hell Stage manager Unowned
Robert Noël Unowned
Zélie Yzelle Second gossip Unowned
Luc Andrieux Third regular Unowned
Raymond Destac Unowned
François Richard Commissioner Unowned
Marcel Melrac Unowned
Bedel Movers Unowned
Edmond Beauchamp Commissioner Unowned
Yves Deniaud Monsieur Martinet Unowned
Antonin Berval 'Grand Charles' Unowned
Albert Broquin Inspector (uncredited) Unowned
Rivers Cadet Boirot (uncredited) Unowned
Liliane Charpentier (uncredited) Unowned
Pierre Duncan (uncredited) Unowned
Édouard Francomme (uncredited) Unowned
Henry Gerrar Employee (uncredited) Unowned
René Lacourt Salvationist (uncredited) Unowned
Palmyre Levasseur Actress (uncredited) Unowned
Marcel Loche Cornu (uncredited) Unowned
Paola Manelli (uncredited) Unowned
Albert Michel Agent (uncredited) Unowned
Mylos (uncredited) Unowned
Frédéric O'Brady Inspector (uncredited) Unowned