Fric-Frac (1939)

Directed by

Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

U

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A jeweler's assistant befriends two criminals who want his help to rob his boss. The assistant gets pulled into their scheme.

lightheartedplayfulwittyeasygoingsillychaotictongue-in-cheek

What happens

Fric-Frac is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon. It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to use him as an accomplice to rob his boss. The film is based on a 1936 play by Édouard Bourdet. Filming took place in March and April 1939 at the Laboratoires et Studios Eclair in Épinay-sur-Seine. The film was released in France on 15 June 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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