50 Million Frenchmen

1931
Passed
1h 14m

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Wealthy Jack bets friend Michael he can woo Lu Lu without money within 2 weeks. Michael hires inept detectives to stop Jack, leading to comedic misadventures as Jack pursues Lu Lu while hidi... Read allWealthy Jack bets friend Michael he can woo Lu Lu without money within 2 weeks. Michael hires inept detectives to stop Jack, leading to comedic misadventures as Jack pursues Lu Lu while hiding his penniless state.Wealthy Jack bets friend Michael he can woo Lu Lu without money within 2 weeks. Michael hires inept detectives to stop Jack, leading to comedic misadventures as Jack pursues Lu Lu while hiding his penniless state.

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5.1/10

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Ole Olsen

Simon Johanssen
(as Olsen)

Chic Johnson

Peter Swanson
(as Johnson)

William Gaxton

Jack Forbes

Helen Broderick

Violet

John Halliday

Michael Cummins

Claudia Dell

Lu Lu Carroll

Lester Crawford

Billy Baxter

Evalyn Knapp

Miss Wheeler-Smith

Charles Judels

Pernasse - Hotel Manager

Carmelita Geraghty

Marcelle Dubrey

Vera Gordon

Jewish Tourist's Wife

Nat Carr

Jewish Tourist

Daisy Belmore

Lu Lu's Mother
(uncredited)

Diane Brent

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Jealous Husband
(uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Effete Bar Patron
(uncredited)

Harry Fox

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Bela Lugosi

Orizon - Magician
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This was originally a Cole Porter musical, but the songs were omitted from the film because box-office receipts for musical films at that time were down.

Quotes
Jewish Tourist's Wife: Mister, will you kindly tell us where is the house of Victor Hugo?
Jack Forbes: Victor Hugo, the man who wrote the movie "The Man Who Laughs"?
Jewish Tourist: Yes.
Jack Forbes: I never heard of him.

Connections
References The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Soundtracks
You Do Something to Me
(1929) (uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Played often in the score

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4/10

Sometimes funny, sometimes painful

Hardcore fans of Olsen and Johnson and/or Bela Lugosi will need no persuading, but others may find Fifty Million Frenchmen a pretty heavy slog. It's one of those early talkies where the actors hadn't quite figured out how to adjust their body language or their vocal intonations to suit the new medium, and it's at times awkwardly paced and badly shot. Nonetheless there are some inspired moments of Olson and Johnson lunacy, especially when the boys disguise themselves as the assistants of a stage magician and end up on stage performing a deadly sword trick. The romantic subplots are unnecessary and uninteresting and Johnson's maniacal laughter soon gets irksome.