My Priest Among the Poor
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Abbé Pellegrin, parish priest of Sableuse, sells an ancient Christ to an unknown man, M. de Saint Preux. Summoned to the bishop's palace, he learns that he has been the victim of a swindler. The Christ, exchanged for a "mouthful of bread", is a valuable antique. Not wanting to compromise his wartime comrade La Goupille, who had introduced him to Saint Preux, Pellegrin proposed to his bishop that he himself carry out the search for the Christ. For the occasion, he swapped his cassock for a "civilian" outfit and landed in Paris. He recovers the treasure in the midst of a series of adventures and misadventures involving Cousinet, the former squire of Sableuse. He takes in the tenants Cousinet has just evicted from his hotel.
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Cast
19 people
Yves Deniaud
Abbot Pellegrin
Known for
Dr. Knock
Raymond Bussières
'La goupille'
Known for
The Wing or the Thigh?
The Under-Gifted
Arletty
Nine
Known for
Children of Paradise
The Devil's Envoys
Robert Arnoux
Cousinet
Known for
La Traversée de Paris
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Jean Debucourt
Monsignor Sibué
Known for
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Earrings of Madame de...
Jean Tissier
Edgar de Saint-Preux
Known for
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
...And God Created Woman
Pauline Carton
Valérie
Known for
The Blood of a Poet
The Story of a Cheat
Annette Poivre
Georgette
Known for
It's Not Me, It's Him
Joy House
José Artur
Armand
Known for
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Jacques Dufilho
Fernand
Known for
War of the Buttons
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Pierrette Bruno
Georgette's sister
Known for
Captain Blood
Geneviève Cluny
Régine
Known for
The Cousins
Henri Diamant-Berger Director · Clément Vautel Author
First release May 4, 1956 · Produced in France · Original title Mon curé chez les pauvres
Production
Le Film d'art
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France
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Languages
Original title
Mon curé chez les pauvres
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Belgium · May 4, 1956
Theatrical
France · May 10, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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