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Fric-Frac
Fric-Frac
Directed by	Maurice Lehmann; Claude Autant-Lara (uncredited);
Screenplay by	Michel Duran
Based on	Fric-frac by Édouard Bourdet
Produced by	Maurice Lehmann
Starring	Fernandel ; Arletty ; Michel Simon
Cinematography	Louis Née; Armand Thirard;
Edited by	Victoria Mercanton
Music by	Casimir Oberfeld
Release date	15 June 1939;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Fric-Frac is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon. It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to use him as an accomplice to rob his boss. The film is based on a 1936 play by Édouard Bourdet. Filming took place in March and April 1939 at the Laboratoires et Studios Eclair in Épinay-sur-Seine.^[1] The film was released in France on 15 June 1939.^[2]

Cast

Fernandel as Marcel
Arletty as Loulou
Michel Simon as Jo
Hélène Robert as Renée
Marcel Vallée as Mercadier, the jeweller
Jacques Varennes as Tintin
Andrex as Petit Louis
René Génin as Blin
Georges Lannes as Fernand
Génia Vaury as La Grande Marie

Production

According to Arletty, Claude Autant-Lara did all the direction and Maurice Lehmann was mainly the producer.^[3]

References

^ "Anecdotes du film Fric-frac". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-06-28.
^ "Fric-frac". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
^ Gilles, Christian (1988). Arletty ou la liberté d'être. Librairie Séguier. p. 72. ISBN 9782906284869.

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[1] "Anecdotes du film Fric-frac". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-06-28.

[2] "Fric-frac". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-06-28.

[3] Gilles, Christian (1988). Arletty ou la liberté d'être. Librairie Séguier. p. 72. ISBN 9782906284869.

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