La joyeuse prison (1956)
1h 35m
Running Time
June 29, 1956Release Date
La joyeuse prison (1956)
1h 35m
Running Time
June 29, 1956Release Date
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Plot.
Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Simon
Benoit - le surveillant-chef
Ded Rysel
Auguste Tuboeuf - un détenu cultivateur
Paulette Dubost
Justine Benoit
Lisette Lebon
Rosette Benoit
André Berthomieu
Director
Paul Vandenberghe
Writer
Lucien Masson
Producer
Henri Betti
Composer
Pierre François
Writer
Michel Roux
Christian Alers
Georges Baconnet
Francis Boyer
Henri Coutet
Darry Cowl
Alice Tissot
Details.
Release DateJune 29, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
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Wiki.
The film is called La Joyeuse Prison.