''Short Head'' (French: '' Courte tête'') is a 1956 French
comedy film directed by
Norbert Carbonnaux, written by
Michel Audiard and starring
Fernand Gravey,
Micheline Dax and
Jean Richard. The film is known under the
alternative title ''Photo Finish''.
It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Jacques Colombier
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Synopsis
Two swindlers try to cheat a provincial poultry magnate by getting him to bet on a sure loser in a major
horse race
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Cast
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Fernand Gravey as Olivier Parker, a notorious crook. posing as an equestrian coach
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Micheline Dax as Lola d'Héricourt, a venturer
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Jean Richard as Ferdinand Galiveau, poultry dealer and racegoer
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Jacques Duby as Amédée Lucas aka fake jockey "Teddy Morton"
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Darry Cowl as the receptionist at the hotel "Lutécia"
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Hubert Deschamps as Le serveur 'Gay Paris'
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Max Révol as the general agent for starch
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Robert Murzeau
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Selected filmography
* '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1947)
* '' The Husbands of Leontine'' (1947)
* ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947)
* ''To the Eyes of Memory'' (1948)
* ...
as the taylor, also a racegoer
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Jacques Dufilho as the stable-boy
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Harry-Max
Harry-Max (born Maxime Louis Charles Dichamp; 23 November 1901 – 13 March 1979) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1938 to 1975.
Filmography
References
External links
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1901 births
1979 deaths
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as Cyril Mauvoisin, l'entraîneur
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Pascal Mazzotti
Pasquale "Pascal" Mazzotti (16 December 1923 in Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry – 19 June 2002 in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône) was a French actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is known for having played a role in ''Hibernatus'' ...
as Le maître d'hôtel
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* Alnwick, Northumberland, England (pronounced "Annick")
*, a coaster (ship) in service with J Campbell Ltd, Irvine, 1947-54
*Annick Horiuchi, French historian of mathematics
*Annick Loiseau (born 1957), French physicist
*Annick ...
as La danseuse de Mambo
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Louis de Funès as Father Graziani, a fake monk
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Guy Bedos as Fred Campuche
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Paul Bisciglia as Un chasseur de l'hôte
References
Bibliography
* Ginette Vincendeau. ''Stars and Stardom in French Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
External links
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Courte tête (1956)at the ''Films de France''
1956 films
French sports comedy films
1950s sports comedy films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Norbert Carbonnaux
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
Films with screenplays by Albert Simonin
French horse racing films
1950s French films
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