Three old French jamons attempt to make a comeback by working in a road-show production of Scoubidou in this hilarious French fare. Also on the tour are the bustling leading actress Carla Milo, whom the three hams manage to convince after a lot of begging, and a murderous producer, Shapiron, who knows the show is a stinker and tries to convince Carla to feign an illness so they can collect the show's insurance money. Unfortunately, Carla would never dream of letting down her "fans" and so refuses. The three hams, meanwhile do not get along at all. Victor suffers great swings, he is either terrified of the crowd or grossly overacting while evil-tempered Georges is only in it for the money. Then there's Eddie, who thinks of himself as a Casanova and adores the notion of a little behind-the-scenes romance. When the desperate Shapiron decides to use physical force to get Carla to quit, the three has-beens rally 'round to protect her. In fact, Shapiron takes a gun right into the theatre and starts a blind volley in the penultimate scene! This happening during a performance, actually turns into the delight of the audience, who actually think its all part of the script! Soon the show becomes a huge success and is slated to play on Broadway where the silliness intensifies because none of the actors can really speak English.
Cast:
Jean-Pierre Marielle - Georges Cox
Philippe Noiret - Victor Vialat
Jean Rochefort - Eddie Carpentier
Catherine Jacob - Carla Milo Clotilde
Jean-Marie Galey
Michel Blanc - Shapiron
Pierre-Arnaud Juin
This one here is possibly one of the best I've seen in french. Though ridiculous, you just can't help at the skill of Jean-Pierre Marielle. Angry though he is all the time, his character gets so loveable as the movie culminates into the great big melee mentioned earlier.
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