The Cupboard Was Bare

The story

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

Cast

F FernandelAlfred Puc B Berthe BovyMadame Léa Lobligeois G Germaine KerjeanMadame Coufignac A Albert Dinan'P'tit Louis' A Annette PoivreMimi R Robert PizaniMedic M Marcel PérèsFrejus M Marcelle MonthilClient G Gaston ModotGangster P Pauline CartonMrs. Ovide J Jean TouloutActor L Louis FlorencieNotary

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P Paul Demange'Le Frisé' M MaximilienneSalvation Army commander A André BervilFirst regular N Nina MyralFirst gossip J Jean TémersonSecond regular C Christiane SertilangeYoung bride J Jean DaurandYoung groom K Katherine KathActress J Jacques TarrideAuctioneer G Georgé R René HellStage manager R Robert Noël Z Zélie YzelleSecond gossip L Luc AndrieuxThird regular R Raymond Destac F François RichardCommissioner M Marcel Melrac B BedelMovers E Edmond BeauchampCommissioner Y Yves DeniaudMonsieur Martinet A Antonin Berval'Grand Charles' A Albert BroquinInspector (uncredited) R Rivers CadetBoirot (uncredited) L Liliane Charpentier(uncredited) P Pierre Duncan(uncredited) É Édouard Francomme(uncredited) H Henry GerrarEmployee (uncredited) R René LacourtSalvationist (uncredited) P Palmyre LevasseurActress (uncredited) M Marcel LocheCornu (uncredited) P Paola Manelli(uncredited) A Albert MichelAgent (uncredited) M Mylos(uncredited) F Frédéric O'BradyInspector (uncredited)