The Cupboard Was Bare

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The Cupboard Was Bare (French: L'armoire volante) is a 1948 French comedy crime film directed by Carlo Rim and starring Fernandel, Pauline Carton and Annette Poivre.^[1] It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex.

Alfred Puc's elderly and wealth aunt is travelling towards Paris on a furniture van when both she and the truck vanish. It turns out it has been stolen by thieves.

• Fernandel as Alfred Puc
• Berthe Bovy as Madame Lea Lobligeois
• Pauline Carton as Mme Ovide
• Annette Poivre as Mimi
• Germaine Kerjean as Madame Coufignac
• Marcel Pérès as Frejus
• Albert Dinan as P'tit Louis
• Maximilienne as La commandant e de l'armée du salut
• Paul Demange as Le Frise
• Louis Florencie as Le notaire
• Jean Toulout as L'acteur
• André Bervil as Le premier habitué
• Nina Myral as La première commère
• Jean Témerson as Le deuxième habitué
• Christiane Sertilange as La jeune mariée
• Jean Daurand as Le jeune marié
• Katherine Kath as L'actrice
• Gaston Modot as Un gangster
• Jacques Tarride as Le commissaire-priseur
• René Hell as Le régissseur
• Zélie Yzelle as La deuxième commère
• Luc Andrieux as Le troisième habitué
• Marcelle Monthil as La cliente
• Henri Charrett as Caillol
• Robert Pizani as Le médecin
• Edmond Beauchamp as Le commissaire
• Yves Deniaud as Monsieur Martinet
• Antonin Berval as Grand Charles
• Rivers Cadet as Boirot
• Palmyre Levasseur as Une actrice

• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Cupboard Was Bare at IMDb