L'oeil en coulisse
Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
Storyline
Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
Henri Génès
Tonin Bonafous
Jeannette Batti
Martine Cairolle
Nicole Maurey
Annette Durand
Jean-Marc Thibault
Dudu Durand
Jacques Gencel
Jojo Cairolle
Louis Velle
Martine's fiancé
Paul Faivre
Mr. Leloup of the funeral directors
Robert Rollis
Noisemaker
Gaston Orbal
Orchestra conductor
Charles Bouillaud
Neighbor at the window
André Bourillon
Radio host
Roger Couderc
Radio host
Loïs Van Lee
Radio host
Jacques Provins
Self - in their radio pastiche
André Chanu
Michel Méry
Self - in their radio pastiche
André Bibal
Paulette Dubost
Mrs. Florent
Alain Roland
Félix Marten
Agnes Tanguy
Guy Saint-Clair
Nono Zammit
Max Desrau
Jean-Pierre Méry
André Berthomieu
Director
Germaine Charley
(uncredited)
Henri Betti
The pianist (uncredited)