At Your Command, Madam

At Your Command, Madam

1942 · 91 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy

Hector and Odette Dupuis' car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, but not far from a luxury hotel. The couple are well off but, being miserly, Odette is determined to keep her budget tight. Fortunately for her, the hotel offers rooms for domestics costing only 35 francs, so she decides to pass her husband as her chauffeur. As far as she is concerned, Odette presents herself as Baroness de Garches and takes a 250 franc room. But their stay soon becomes complicated. For instance, Palureau, a widower with five daughters who is planning to remarry, starts courting the 'baroness'. And that is not all since at the same time Angèle, a chambermaid, makes advances to Hector ! To make matters worse, Ferdinand, Angèle's boyfriend, decides to get even with Hector, his 'rival'. The jealous guy steals a jewel from a guest and has poor Hector accused of the theft.

Directed by Jean Boyer · Written by Jean Boyer

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Cast

Jean Tissier Hector Dupuis
Suzanne Dehelly Odette Dupuis
Alfred Adam Ferdinand
Jacqueline Gauthier Angèle
Albert Duvaleix Le portier
Gaby Wagner La cocotte du 27
Gaston Modot Le garçon d'étage
Mathilde Alberti Une bonne
Jean-Louis Allibert Le directeur de l'hôtel
Fernand Blot Un chauffeur
Léonce Corne Victor
Nane Germon Léa

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