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.
Directed by Carlo Rim
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Cast
Fernandel
Alfred Puc
Berthe Bovy
Madame Léa Lobligeois
Germaine Kerjean
Madame Coufignac
Albert Dinan
'P'tit Louis'
Annette Poivre
Mimi
Robert Pizani
Medic
Marcel Pérès
Frejus
Marcelle Monthil
Client
Gaston Modot
Gangster
Pauline Carton
Mrs. Ovide
Jean Toulout
Actor
Louis Florencie
Notary
Paul Demange
'Le Frisé'
Maximilienne
Salvation Army commander
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