L'homme à la Buick (1968)
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Fernandel, Danielle Darrieux, Amarande, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christian Barbier, Georges Descrières, Michael Lonsdale, Mario David, Claude Piéplu, Bernard Dhéran, Raoul Curet, Laurence Badie, Jacques Marin, Claire Duhamel, Jean Rupert, Henry Czarniak, Alain Nobis, Raymond Jourdan, Albert Dinan, Edmond Ardisson
A wealthy Parisian’s charitable winter-sports outings for poor children conceal a life as an international smuggler, while a woman he is pursuing is wanted by the police.
The story
Wealthy Parisian Armand Favrot has bought Villa Les Martielles on the Côte de Grâce in Honfleur and is furnishing it as a peaceful retreat. He periodically drives his Buick Sport Wagon back to Paris, where he gathers a group of poor children outside city hall and takes them at no charge to the Geneva region for winter sports. His charitable outings mask another life: known as “Monsieur Jo,” Favrot is a formidable international smuggler. Meanwhile, the lovely Michèle de Layrac, who seems receptive to his advances, is also being actively sought by the police—though Favrot does not know this.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Armand Favrot, a wealthy Parisian, has just bought Villa Les Martielles on the Côte de Grâce in Honfleur and is lavishly furnishing his peaceful retreat. From time to time, Favrot drives back to Paris in his Buick Sport Wagon, where he picks up a group of poor children in front of the city hall of the [district number missing], then takes them free of charge to the Geneva region, where they practice winter sports. But this generosity actually conceals some disreputable activities: under the nickname “Monsieur Jo,” he is a formidable international smuggler. What he does not know is that the lovely Michèle de Layrac, who does not seem indifferent to his advances, is also being actively sought by the police.
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