The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne

The Pirates of the Bois du Boulogne
Directed by	Norbert Carbonnaux
Written by	Norbert Carbonnaux Robert Dhéry
Produced by	Pierre Chichério
Starring	Raymond Bussières Annette Poivre Christian Duvaleix
Cinematography	Pierre Petit
Edited by	Marinette Cadix
Music by	Norbert Glanzberg
Production company	Pécéfilms
Distributed by	Sofradis
Release date	31 May 1954 (1954-05-31)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne (French: Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre and Christian Duvaleix.^[1]

Synopsis

A group of Parisians are very short of money and desperate. To attract attention they decide to become shipwrecked and make a raft from the wood of the Bois de Boulogne. Setting out from Saint Tropez they do not make it very far across the sea, but their plan is ultimately successful.

Cast

• Raymond Bussières as Hector Colomb, street singer
• Annette Poivre as Adèle, singer of streets
• Christian Duvaleix as Cyprien, street singer
• Denise Grey as Mrs Grossac, wife of industrialist
• Véra Norman as Caroline Grossac, the girl
• Jean Ozenne as Marcel Grossac, the industrialist
• Sophie Sel as a servant of "Grossac"
• Jess Hahn as the American marine
• Mario David as the athlete
• Jacques Ary as gendarme
• Christian Brocard as the news vendor (uncredited)
• Laure Paillette as the patroness of café (uncredited)
• Georges Lautner as amateur radio (uncredited)
• Louis de Funès as the commissar (uncredited)
• Olga Sminsky (uncredited)
• Monique Dutot (uncredited)
• Antonio Longard (uncredited)

References

1. The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne at IMDb

External links

• The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne at IMDb
• Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954) at the Films de France