
Le Costaud des Batignolles
1 hour 23 minutes1952-04-30
2.5
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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.
Cast

Raymond Bussières
Jules

Annette Poivre
Nénette

Jean Ozenne
Specialist Doctor

Pierre Mondy
Accomplice

Jean Richard
Policeman

Gérard Oury
Narrator (voice)

Colette Darfeuil
Dédée

Alexandre Rignault
'Le gorille'

Roger Saget
'Louis XIV'

Robert Le Fort
Milou

Serge Nadaud
Principal curator Anselme Carillon

Al Cabrol
O'Riol

François Joux
The Doctor's assistant

Pierre Duncan
The butcher at the fair

André Chanu
The announcer of the Vél d'Hiv

Hennery
The organizer

Janine Villard

Jean-Max
Pierrot

Matty Peters
Hortense, the cook

Albert Augier
A man hit by Jules at the fair (uncredited)

Paul Azaïs
The owner of the Mala-bar (uncredited)

Jean Droze
An onlooker at the fair / The soldier at the fair (uncredited)

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

Bernard Musson
A spectator at the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson
An onlooker at the fair / A spectator (uncredited)

Émile Riandreys
A clerk from Heim (uncredited)
