The Big Chief
1959 film
- 20 March 1959 (1959-03-20)
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Italy
The Big Chief (French: Le grand chef, Italian: Noi gangsters) is a 1959 French-Italian comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Florence Blot.[1] [2] It is based on the short story The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Parisl The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It is also known by the alternative title Gangster Boss. The two stars were known for their appearances together in the Don Camillo series of films. The story had previously been adapted for the 1952 American film O. Henry's Full House.
Synopsis
Two garage attendants kidnap the son of a millionaire, decoying him by dressing up as Native Americans. However he soon proves to be such a handful that they can't wait for his father to take him off their hands.
Cast
- Fernandel as Antoine Venturen
- Gino Cervi as Paulo
- Papouf as Eric Jumelin
- Florence Blot as Mme Florentin, la nurse
- Georges Chamarat as Jules, le majordome
- Dominique Davray as La voisine d'en face
- Jean-Jacques Delbo as M. Jumelin
- Héléna Manson as La guide polyglotte au Louvre
- Albert Michel as Le voisin d'en face
- Noëlle Norman as Mme Jumelin
- Gabriel Gobin as Le chauffeur de taxi
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Big Chief at IMDb
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Films directed by Henri Verneuil
- Village Feud (1951)
- Full House (1952)
- Forbidden Fruit (1952)
- The Baker of Valorgue (1953)
- Carnival (1953)
- The Most Wanted Man (1953)
- The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
- The Lovers of Lisbon (1955)
- People of No Importance (1956)
- Paris, Palace Hotel (1956)
- A Kiss for a Killer (1957)
- Maxime (1958)
- The Big Chief (1959)
- The Cow and I (1959)
- It Happened All Night (1960)
- Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
- The President (1961)
- The Lions Are Loose (1961)
- A Monkey in Winter (1962)
- Any Number Can Win (1963)
- Greed in the Sun (1964)
- Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
- The 25th Hour (1967)
- Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
- The Sicilian Clan (1969)
- The Burglars (1971)
- Night Flight from Moscow (1973)
- Fear Over the City (1975)
- Body of My Enemy (1976)
- I as in Icarus (1979)
- A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982)
- Les Morfalous (1984)
- Mother (1991)
- 588 rue paradis (1992)
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