The Sucker

Original title: Le corniaud

1965
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

8.3K

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Louis de Funès and Bourvil in The Sucker (1965)

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Adventure Comedy Crime

Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.Criminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Goofs
Maréchal falls in the sea backwards, but in the next shot he is clearly falling frontwards.

Quotes
Leopold Saroyan: But he's honest. You can see it in his face. And that's the best passport there is. For a customs officer, the person's the suspect, not the car.

Connections
Featured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003)

Soundtracks
La Boutique Fantasque
(uncredited)
Written by Gioachino Rossini and Ottorino Respighi
Performed by Orchestre Lamoureux
Conducted by Roberto Benzi

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Featured review

8/10

And what a fun time it was

I first watched Le Corniaud when I was still a student in colonial Mozambique and found it roaringly funny - the scenes of sugar cubes placed in the gasoline tank (twice) with de Funes promptly getting his aides to suck out the gasoline; that marvellous camp shower scene; and Bourvil missing the plot altogether, unwittingly dispersing the contraband goods all over the place and always finding gorgeous women for company - it is all zany, unpretentious fun from a time long gone when fun could be politically incorrect without anyone giving it a second thought or being offended by it.

I have watched Le Corniaud twice since Mozambique and though the story is a bit patchy the leading duo is in top form, the Italian scenery is to die for, and it has such wonderful vignettes that I cannot help but laugh and laugh and laugh.