The Cupboard Was Bare

The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)

Comedy Crime

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.

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  • Release Date: 1948-10-29
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Carlo Rim

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Cast

  • Fernandel

    Alfred Puc

  • Berthe Bovy

    Madame Léa Lobligeois

  • Germaine Kerjean

    Madame Coufignac

  • Albert Dinan

    'P'tit Louis'

  • Annette Poivre

    Mimi

  • Robert Pizani

    Medic

  • Marcel Pérès

    Frejus

  • Marcelle Monthil

    Client

  • Gaston Modot

    Gangster

  • Pauline Carton

    Mrs. Ovide

  • Jean Toulout

    Actor

  • Louis Florencie

    Notary

  • Paul Demange

    'Le Frisé'

  • Maximilienne

    Salvation Army commander

  • André Bervil

    First regular

  • Nina Myral

    First gossip

  • Jean Témerson

    Second regular

  • Christiane Sertilange

    Young bride

  • Jean Daurand

    Young groom

  • Katherine Kath

    Actress

  • Jacques Tarride

    Auctioneer

  • Georgé

  • René Hell

    Stage manager

  • Robert Noël

  • Zélie Yzelle

    Second gossip

  • Luc Andrieux

    Third regular

  • Raymond Destac

  • François Richard

    Commissioner

  • Marcel Melrac

  • Bedel

    Movers

  • Edmond Beauchamp

    Commissioner

  • Yves Deniaud

    Monsieur Martinet

  • Antonin Berval

    'Grand Charles'

  • Albert Broquin

    Inspector (uncredited)

  • Rivers Cadet

    Boirot (uncredited)

  • Liliane Charpentier

    (uncredited)

  • Pierre Duncan

    (uncredited)

  • Édouard Francomme

    (uncredited)

  • Henry Gerrar

    Employee (uncredited)

  • René Lacourt

    Salvationist (uncredited)

  • Palmyre Levasseur

    Actress (uncredited)

  • Marcel Loche

    Cornu (uncredited)

  • Paola Manelli

    (uncredited)

  • Albert Michel

    Agent (uncredited)

  • Mylos

    (uncredited)

  • Frédéric O'Brady

    Inspector (uncredited)