The Sucker
7.3
“The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!”
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
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Cast
30 people
Bourvil
Antoine Maréchal
Known for
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Le Cercle Rouge
Louis de Funès
Léopold Saroyan
Known for
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
The Wing or the Thigh?
Venantino Venantini
Mickey, "le Bègue"
Known for
The Restaurant
22 Bullets
Henri Génès
Martial, le brigadier
Known for
The Cabbage Soup
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Beba Lončar
Ursula, l'auto-stoppeuse
Known for
Brancaleone at the Crusades
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Alida Chelli
Gina, la manucure
Known for
Spaghetti at Midnight
Lando Buzzanca
Lino, le barbier
Known for
The Monsters
Divorce Italian Style
Jacques Eyser
Un complice de Saroyan
Known for
Stavisky...
Henri Virlogeux
Un complice de Saroyan
Known for
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Any Number Can Win
Jean Meyer
Un complice de Saroyan
Also in
Would-Be Gentleman
Le Plaisir
Jack Ary
Le commissaire
Also in
Flashman
The Fast Set
Jean-Marie Bon
Le garagiste romain
Also in
The Angel
L'Âne Culotte
Gérard Oury Director · Marcel Jullian Screenplay Georges Delerue Composer
Budget $679K · United States release April 4, 1965 · Produced in Spain, France, Italy
Box office
Budget
$678,948
Production
Les Films Corona
Production
Explorer Film '58
Production
Spain · France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Corniaud
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · February 8, 1965
Premiere · First projection in Roma, presentation with italian actors only.
France · March 24, 1965
Theatrical
United States · April 4, 1965
Theatrical
Belgium
October 8, 1965 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 4, 1966 · Theatrical
Finland
February 18, 1966 · Theatrical
Germany
January 21, 1966 · Theatrical
Italy
November 26, 1965 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 19, 1967 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 17, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
November 15, 1965 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 17, 1967 · Theatrical
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