After a deadbeat patron at his restaurant gets special care from the cops who think the man has amnesia, the maitre d'hotel decides to pretend he too has amnesia. He is claimed in turn by an aristocrat family and by trapeze artists.
Acting
Fernandel's elastic face sells every absurd escalation.
Writing
Tight farce construction, two households, zero slack.
Costume
Countess silk vs. spangled leotards — Ernest's wardrobe whiplash.
Director
Jean Boyer
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