The Two Schemers (French: Les deux combinards) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Jacques Houssin and starring Georges Milton, Jules Berry and Josseline Gaël.Bessy & Chirat p.208Rège p.509 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
Synopsis A shady businessman hires another much poorer man to pretend to be him in order to fulfil his military service as a reservist. A series of misunderstandings eventually lead to the speculator losing all his money while the other becomes a millionaire.
Cast Georges Milton as André Michaud Jules Berry as Jacques Barisart Josseline Gaël as Lucette Fernand Charpin as Le capitane Lambesc Louis Baron fils as Le président du tribunal Mady Berry as La marchande d'oeufs Jean Témerson as Ernest - le larbin Génia Vaury as Mme Barisart Paul Velsa as L'avocat Yolande Guibert as Mado Henri Marchand as Cormoz Pierre-Louis as Un soldat Titys as Le témoin Georges Bever Jean Brochard Hugues de Bagratide Irène Jeanning Rosita Montenegro Claude Roy Jean Tissier
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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