A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
Cast
Françoise Rosay
Margaret Molyneux
Louis Jouvet
Archibald Soper, évèque de Bedford
Jean-Louis Barrault
William Kramps, le tueur de bouchers
Michel Simon
Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Billy - le laitier amoureux d'Eva
Nadine Vogel
Eva - la secrétaire des Molyneux
Pierre Alcover
l'inspecteur-chef de Scotland Yard Bray
Henri Guisol
Buffington - un journaliste alcoolique
Agnès Capri
la chanteuse des rues
René Génin
le balayeur
Ky Duyen
l'hôtelier chinois de Soho
Marcel Duhamel
le fêtard amoureux des enterrements
Jeanne Lory
Mrs. McPhearson - la tante d'Irwin qui perd la tête