Le Million

Le Million (1931) is a comedy, music film directed by René Clair rated 6.9/10.

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.

Cast

René Lefèvre

Michel Bouflette

Annabella

Béatrice

Jean-Louis Allibert

Prosper

Paul Ollivier

Père La Tulipe

Vanda Gréville

Vanda

Constantin Siroesco

Ambrosio Sopranelli

Raymond Cordy

Le chauffeur de taxi

Odette Talazac

La cantatrice

Pedro Elviro

Le régisseur (as Pitouto)

Jane Pierson

L'épicière

André Michaud

Le boucher

Eugène Stuber

Le policier