Le Million

(1931)Directed by René Clair83 min · PGComedy, Music
You MUST see it to know how indescribably clever and enormously "smart" a movie CAN be!

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.

René Lefèvreas Michel Bouflette
Annabellaas Béatrice
Jean-Louis Allibertas Prosper
Paul Ollivieras Père La Tulipe
Vanda Grévilleas Vanda
Constantin Siroescoas Ambrosio Sopranelli
Raymond Cordyas Le chauffeur de taxi
Odette Talazacas La cantatrice
Pedro Elviroas Le régisseur (as Pitouto)
Jane Piersonas L'épicière
André Michaudas Le boucher
Eugène Stuberas Le policier
Pierre Alcoveras Le policier
Armand Bernardas Le chef d'orchestre