Slightly Ahead
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A brilliant swindler, Olivier Parker, hires a small-time pipe salesman, Amédée, to swindle a naive provincial, Ferdinand Galiveau, a chicken merchant. Renamed Teddy Morton and now a jockey, Amédée must ride a mare on which Ferdinand, advised by Parker, must bet. Absolutely convinced of his mystification, Parker bets on an oddball who, of course, loses, while at the last minute Galiveau, having bet on an outsider, wins a fortune. All Parker has to do is find another sucker.
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Louis de Funès
Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Known for
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
The Wing or the Thigh?
Fernand Gravey
Olivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc
Known for
How to Steal a Million
La Ronde
Michel Audiard
Also in
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Dear Inspector
Jean-Paul Guibert
Norbert Carbonnaux
Also in
Léa in Winter
Jean Prodromidès
Jean Richard
Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Known for
War of the Buttons
The Annuity
Jacques Duby
Amédée Lucas / Teddy Morton
Known for
Thérèse Raquin
The Sicilian Clan
Albert Simonin
Darry Cowl
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia
Known for
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Up to His Ears
Micheline Dax
Lola d'Héricourt, une aventurière
Known for
Asterix and Cleopatra
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
Jacques Dufilho
Le garçon d'écurie
Known for
War of the Buttons
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Norbert Carbonnaux Director · Michel Audiard Writer Albert Simonin Writer
First release October 10, 1956 · Produced in France · Original title Courte-tête
Production
Intermondia Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Courte-tête
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · October 10, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
March 29, 1957
Denmark
November 17, 1963 · TV premiere
Sweden
December 26, 1959
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