The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
Comedy
Crime
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
Cast
Alfred Puc
Madame Lea Lobligeois
The Actor
Le notaire
Le Frise
La commandante de l'armée du salut
Le premier habitué
La première commère
Le deuxième habitué
La jeune mariée
Le jeune marié
L'actrice
Madame Coufignac
Le commissaire-priseur
Le régissseur
La deuxième commère
Le troisième habitué
Un commissaire
Les déménageurs
P'tit Louis
Le commissaire
Monsieur Martinet
Grand Charles
Un Inspecteur (uncredited)
Boirot (uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Un employé (uncredited)
Un salutiste (uncredited)
Mimi
Une actrice (uncredited)
Cornu (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Un agent (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Un inspecteur (uncredited)
Medic
Frejus
La cliente
Un gangster
Mme Ovide
Crew
Director
Writer
Producer
Executive Producer
Music
Director of Photography
Editor
Set Decoration
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Sound Editor
Camera Operator