Mystery Trip
1947 film
- 21 May 1947 (1947-05-21)
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Mystery Trip (French: Voyage surprise) is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Pierre Prévert and starring Martine Carol, Maurice Baquet and Jean Sinoël.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Trauner and Auguste Capelier.
Synopsis
A struggling coach service run by the elderly Piuff is struggling from competition. To help revive the business his grandchildren assist him to organise a mystery trip. His adversaries try to sabotage it but in a surreal series of events the disasters of the journey are taken by the passengers as all part of the enjoyment.
Cast
- Martine Carol as Isabelle Grosbois
- Maurice Baquet as Teddy
- Jean Sinoël as Le grand-père Piuff
- Annette Poivre as Marinette
- Marcel Pérès as Le faux turc / L'aubergiste
- Thérèse Aspar as Marianne - la première jeune fille
- René Bourbon as Monsieur Grosbois
- Dominique Brévant as Janine - la seconde jeune fille
- Roger Caccia as Monsieur Barbizon
- Lucien Carol as Le patron du "Paon"
- Niko Dakis as Boris
- Etienne Decroux as Mikhaïl
- Thérèse Dorny as Mademoiselle Roberta
- Jeanne Dussol as Madame Duroc
- Jacques-Henry Duval as Grim
- Fernand René as Monsieur le curé
- Claire Gérard as Madame Marguerite
- Max Révol as Abel Renardot - un détective privé
- Charles Lavialle as L'inspecteur Vaudor
- Christian Simon as Pierrot Duroc
- Robert Lombard as Richard - le jeune marié
- Gaston Orbal as Le commandant Wagon
- Georges Vitsoris as Le baron Gregor
- Cécilia Paroldi as Florence - la jeune mariée
- Piéral as La grande-duchesse de Strombolie
- Lucien Raimbourg as Monsieur Duroc
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Mystery Trip at IMDb
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