Sénéchal the Magnificent
Directed by Jean Boyer
Plot
Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
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Cast
Fernandel
François, Lucien Sénéchal
Nadia Gray
La princesse Marida Ludibescu
Madeleine Barbulée
Mme Roberte
Simone Paris
L'actrice qui joue Mme Serval
Robert Pizani
Le prince Alexandre
Suzanne Dehelly
La malade
Roland Armontel
Carlini
Paul Azaïs
Le garagiste - mécanicien du car
Georges Baconnet
Le président du tribunal
Barbara Brault
Bit part
Sacha Briquet
Le représentant en télévision
Jacqueline Caurat
Nicole, une soubrette
Albert Dinan
Léon Duchêne aka M. Léon
Giovanni Guarducci
M. de La Torre - attaché d'ambassade
Georges Lannes
Castel-Boissac