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The American Beauty

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Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1961-09-29

Runtime: 104 mins

Director: Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia

Spoken language: Français

Genres: Comedy

Original title: The American Beauty

Production Companies: Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC), Le Film d'art, Corflor, Panoramas-Films

Production Countries: France

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