A Girl on the Road

A Girl on the Road

1952 · 85 min · ★ 4.3 · Music, Comedy

To escape his female fans, Carlos Cortez makes for the Riviera. Along the way, he picks up a hitchhiker named Annabel who invites him to go camping with her friends. Living under his real name, the incognito star wins new friends. But a theft complicates things. Fortunately, Annabel is still around and Jacques can do no better than to marry her.

Directed by Jean Stelli

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Georges Guétary Carlo Cortez / Jacques Gary
Jean Lefebvre Loulou, pianist
Anne Beranger
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
Lenore Aubert Princesse Véra
Liliane Bert Annabell
Line Carrel
Mag Varil
Robert Pizani
Claude Beauclair
Colette Fossard
Jacques Muller

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