The American Beauty (1961)

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Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.

• Released: 1961-09-29
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 44m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.0/10 from 66 votes

Directed by Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia.

Top cast

• Robert Dhéry as Marcel Perrignon
• Colette Brosset as Paulette Perrignon
• Louis de Funès as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
• Michel Serrault as Tramp
• Jean Lefebvre as Chougnasse
• Alfred Adam as Alfred
• Robert Burnier as Houche
• Pierre Dac as Colonel
• Eliane D'Almeida as Simone
• Bernard Dhéran as Mr. Jean

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