Comedy

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.

Credits

Louis de FunèsLe père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière

Fernand GraveyOlivier Parker, le faux entraîneur hippique, escroc

Jean RichardFerdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

Jacques DubyAmédée Lucas / Teddy Morton

Darry CowlLe réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia