The Cupboard Was Bare (L'armoire volante) 75 years old

The Cupboard Was Bare

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.

Credits

The Cupboard Was Bare Cast

Name Character
Fernandel He was 49, 67 years old when he died as Alfred Puc
Berthe Bovy She was 65, 90 years old when she died as Madame Lea Lobligeois
Albert Dinan He was 50, 74 years old when he died as P'tit Louis
Germaine Kerjean She was 59, 81 years old when she died as Madame Coufignac

The Cupboard Was Bare Crew

Name Department
Carlo Rim as Director. He was 42 (83) years old when He died Directing
Carlo Rim as Writer. He was 42 (83) years old when He died Writing
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The Cupboard Was Bare (75 years)

  • Release day: Friday, October 29, 1948
  • Runtime: 90 minutes