La joyeuse prison
1956 · 95 min
Comedy
★ 8.0Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.
Crew
- Director André Berthomieu
- Writer André Berthomieu
- Writer Pierre François
- Writer Paul Vandenberghe
Cast
Michel Simon
Benoit, chief guard
Ded Rysel
Auguste Tuboeuf, inmate farmer
Paulette Dubost
Justine Benoit
Lisette Lebon
Rosette Benoit
Michel Roux
André Chauvin
Christian Alers
Sub-prefect
- G
Georges Baconnet
Ferdinand Bouchonnet
- F
Francis Boyer
Henri Coutet
Gustave
Robert Dalban
Vauclin, inmate gangster
- P
Paul Derly
Breton, safe-cracking inmate
Émile Genevois
'Petit Louis', burglar inmate
Crew
- Director — André Berthomieu
- Writer — André Berthomieu
- Writer — Pierre François
- Writer — Paul Vandenberghe
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