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The Prize

The Prize

★ 6.6/10•1950•1h 24m•U•Comedy

Madame Husson and her circle of holier-than-thou ladies (including an old maid Madame Cadenas)are looking for a chaste and pure girl who will win a hefty sum.

Jean Boyer · Director

Marcel Pagnol · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 24m
LanguageFR
Release DateSep 20, 1950

Actors

Bourvil

Bourvil

Isidore Pastouret

Jacqueline Pagnol

Jacqueline Pagnol

Élodie

Germaine Dermoz

Germaine Dermoz

Mme Husson

Mireille Perrey

la comtesse de Blonville

Pauline Carton

Pauline Carton

Virginie Pastouret, la mère

Yvette Etiévant

Yvette Etiévant

Marie, la jeune paysanne

Jeanne Véniat

Jeanne Véniat

Mme Pitard

Nina Myral

Nina Myral

Mme de Gondreville

Germaine Reuver

Germaine Reuver

Nicoline, la mère de Marie

Georges Baconnet

M. Laboureur, le maire

Christian Lude

Christian Lude

M. Barbesol, le docteur

Albert Duvaleix

Albert Duvaleix

le curé de Gisors

Henri Vilbert

Henri Vilbert

Le brigadier

Jean Dunot

Jean Dunot

Polyte, le fermier

Suzanne Dehelly

Mademoiselle Irène Cadenat

Fernand Blot

Un conseiller communal (uncredited)

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