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The Sucker (1965)

The Sucker poster
Original title
Le Corniaud
Directed by
Gérard Oury
Genre
comedy film, road movie
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
AL
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 716 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A naive man agrees to drive a car from Italy to France for a stranger. The car is secretly loaded with stolen goods and the trip becomes a series of mishaps.

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What happens

The Sucker (French: Le Corniaud, French pronunciation: [lə kɔʁˈnjo]) is a 1965 French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès, Bourvil and Venantino Venantini. To this day, it remains one of Oury's best-known films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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