A head injury gives a fired employee psychic powers for revenge — and 1950s French chaos ensues.
Philippe, an employee at the Bourdinet firm, having been caught kissing Jacqueline, his boss's daughter, is fired. Some time later, Bourdinet launches a radio quiz show to boost his business. Philippe then decides to compete in the hope of telling the thousands of listeners what he thinks of the industrialist. A blow on the head having given him a gift of second sight, the competitor becomes impeccable and wins astronomical sums to the great despair of Bourdinet. Everything will work out in the end and Philippe will be able to marry Jacqueline.
Acting
Bourvil's scene-stealing chaos energy in every frame he's in.
Direction
Boyer keeps 88 minutes tight as a drum, zero fat.
Director
Jean Boyer
Philippe Lemaire
Philippe Delteil
Geneviève Kervine
Jacqueline Bourdinet
Bourvil
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Fred Pasquali
Mr Bourdinet
Henri Génès
Fernand Dargueval
Gaston Orbal
Le secrétaire de M. Bourdinet
Jean-Jacques Vital
L'animateur de l'émission
Jacques Eyser
Le Fakir Kirmah
Jeannette Batti
Louloutte
André Gillois
Self
Ray Ventura
Self
Nicolas Amato
Le directeur du théâtre (uncredited)
Luc Andrieux
Le mauvais garçon (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1950s French radio quiz shows were genuine cultural obsessions; this satirizes real media phenomena of the era.
The title refers to the prize money rate — roughly $2,000/second in today's cash, which Bourdinet hemorrhages spectacularly.
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