Miquette
1950 · 95 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy
A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot · Written by Jean Ferry
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Louis Jouvet Monchablon -
Bourvil Urbain de la Tour-Mirande -
Saturnin Fabre Le marquis -
Danièle Delorme Miquette - M Mireille Perrey Madame veuve Hermine Grandier
- P Pauline Carton Perrine
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Jeanne Fusier-Gir Mademoiselle Poche - M Madeleine Suffel Noémie
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Maurice Schutz Panouillard -
Pierre Olaf Le jeune premier - P Paul Barge L'abbé
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Raymond Dandy Pierre
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