Le Costaud des Batignolles

Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.

2.5

83 min

Cast

Raymond Bussières

as Jules

Annette Poivre

as Nénette

Jean Ozenne

as Specialist Doctor

Pierre Mondy

as Accomplice

Jean Richard

as Policeman

Gérard Oury

as Narrator (voice)

Colette Darfeuil

as Dédée

Alexandre Rignault

as 'Le gorille'

Roger Saget

as 'Louis XIV'

Robert Le Fort

as Milou

Serge Nadaud

as Principal curator Anselme Carillon

Al Cabrol

as O'Riol

François Joux

as The Doctor's assistant

Pierre Duncan

as The butcher at the fair

André Chanu

as The announcer of the Vél d'Hiv

Hennery

as The organizer

Janine Villard

Jean-Max

as Pierrot

Matty Peters

as Hortense, the cook

Albert Augier

as A man hit by Jules at the fair (uncredited)

Paul Azaïs

as The owner of the Mala-bar (uncredited)

Jean Droze

as An onlooker at the fair / The soldier at the fair (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

as A spectator at the entrance to the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)

Bernard Musson

as A spectator at the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson

as An onlooker at the fair / A spectator (uncredited)

Émile Riandreys

as A clerk from Heim (uncredited)

Sophie Sel

as A customer on the terrace of 'Chez Albert' (uncredited)

Director

Guy Lacourt