Overview

On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "nag" is not of the same opinion.

Genres

Cast

Roger Pierre

Maurice

Jean-Marc Thibault

Roland

Louisette Rousseau

Roland's concierge

Michel Nastorg

Jean-Pierre, effeminate butcher

Dominique Davray

Creamer

Robert Dhéry

Agent who arrests the suitcase thief

Pierre Gualdi

Henri Labussière

Police officer Léon

René-Louis Lafforgue

Butcher boy

Pierre Tchernia

Other agent who arrests the suitcase thief

Dominique Zardi

Gendarme who falls on the coal balls (uncredited)