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Knock is a French film realized by Guy Lefranc, release in 1951.
Personal comments : Louis de Funès is not marked in the credits but, he appears 5 seconds to 1 hours, 13 minutes and 52 seconds after the beginning of the film ; he plays a madman who says :
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Ah! Ah! J'ai perdu 100 grammes ".
♦ Synopsis :
Wanting to ensure the triumph of the medicine which it makes pass before the interest of the patients, Doctor Knock arrives at Saint-Maurice to succeed Doctor Parpalaid whose customers are rare. The health of the country is excellent. Realizing that it was deceived by its predecessor, but far from discouraging themselves, Knock makes understand with each patient who presses himself with his free consultations, that any bearing good is a patient who is unaware of himself. The result is not made wait. All the village is found with the bed, distressed. The hotel is transformed into private clinic and even Parpalaid returned temporarily, sets out again thrown into a panic of its state, after a consultation of the doctor.
♦ Specification sheet :
- Title : Knock
- Realization : Guy Lefranc
- Artistic director : Louis Jouvet
- Scenario : According to the play of Jules Romains
- Adaptation : Georges Neveux
- Dialogue : Jules Romains
- Production assistants : Maurice Delbez, Michel Mombailly
- Images : Claude Renoir, Andréas Wending, Roger Tellier
- Operator : Gilbert Chain
- Photographer of tray : Roger Corbeau
- Music : Paul Misraki
- Decorations : Robert Clavel, Jacques Douy, Jacques d'Ovidio
- Sound : Jean Rieul
- Suits : Rosine Delamare
- Make-up : Serge Gleboff, Jacqueline Coulant
- Editing : Louisette Hautecoeur, Denise Natot
- Script-girl : Nicole Benard
- Manager : Jean Mottet
- Film 35mm, black and white
- Shooting from November 21st, 1950 till January 9th, 1951 in the studios of Billancourt and the outside in Neauphle-le-Château
- Production : Jacques Roitfeld (France)
- Directorr of production : Léon Canel
- Distribution : Sirius
- First presentation the 21/03/1951
- Duration : 98mn
- Genre : Comedy
♦ Distribution :
- Louis Jouvet : Doctor Knock
- Jean Brochard : Doctor Parpalaid
- Pierre Renoir : The pharmacist Mousquet
- Pierre Bertin : The primary school teacher Bernard
- Marguerite Pierry : Mme Pons, the lady her in purple
- Jean Carmet : The first lad
- Yves Deniaud : The town crier
- Mireille Perrey : Mme Rémy
- Jane Marken : Mme Parpalaid
- Geneviève Morel : The lady in black
- Bernadette Lange : Mariette
- André Dalibert : The second lad
- Pierre Duncan : The deliverer
- Paul Faivre : The mayor Michalon
- Jean Sylvain : A driver (under the name of "Sylvain")
- Madeleine Barbulee : A nurse
- Louis de Funès : The patient who lost 100 grams
- Jacques Monod : The first drum, Sir Albos
- Claire Olivier : Mme Mousquet
- Marius David
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