Ah! Les Belles Bacchantes

Ah! Les belles bacchantes
Ah! Les belles bacchantes
Directed by	Jean Loubignac
Written by	Francis Blanche; Robert Dhéry
Produced by	Optimax Films, Lux Films (France)
Starring	Robert Dhéry; Louis de Funès
Music by	Gérard Calvi
Distributed by	Lux
Release date	15 October 1954 (France);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Ah! Les belles bacchantes English: Ah! The nice moustache,^[1] is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Jean Loubignac, written by Francis Blanche, starring Robert Dhéry and Louis de Funès. The film is also known under the titles: Femmes de Paris and Peek-a-boo (USA). It is a first color comedy film with Louis de Funès using Agfacolor process.

Plot

Robert Dhéry, director of the theatre 'Folies-Méricourt' advertises his latest show entitled Ah! These beautiful Women. Police inspector Michel Leboeuf, intrigued and alarmed by bold posters, decides to investigate.

Cast

Robert Dhéry : Robert Dhéry / The man playing cello
Louis de Funès : Michel Lebœuf, the police inspector
Colette Brosset : herself, as a dancer
Raymond Bussières : the plumber
Rosine Luguet : Rosine
Roger Caccia :
Jacqueline Maillan : herself, as the director of Folies Méricourt
Francis Blanche : Garibaldo Trouchet
Jacques Jouanneau : Joseph Delmar
Jacques Legras : a monk
Roger Saget : a monk
Robert Destain : Olaf Destain, singing "Rêverie militaire"
Guy Pierrault : a musician (uncredited)
Michel Serrault : a musician
Marthe Serres : Marthe Serres, pianist

References

^ Marks, Joseph (1970). Marks, Georgette; Farmer, Albert J. (eds.). Harrap's French–English Dictionary of Slang and Colloquialisms. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 0-245-59609-7. bac(ch)antes, f.pl. moustache, tash, face-fungus, tickler; avoir les b. en guidon (de course), to have a handle-bar moustache.

External links

Ah! Les belles bacchantes at IMDb
Ah! Les belles bacchantes (1954) at the Films de France

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[HarrapFEDSlang1971-1] Marks, Joseph (1970). Marks, Georgette; Farmer, Albert J. (eds.). Harrap's French–English Dictionary of Slang and Colloquialisms. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 0-245-59609-7. bac(ch)antes, f.pl. moustache, tash, face-fungus, tickler; avoir les b. en guidon (de course), to have a handle-bar moustache.

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