La Reine des resquilleuses (1936)
Directed by Marco de Gastyne, Max Glass

Drama

Film Synopsis

Tired of being unemployed, Victorine takes up cleaning cars under the name Victor. Everyone thinks she is a boy. She meets a young American millionaire whom a gang of crooks is planning to fleece. Victorine, posing alternately as a man and a woman, manages to drive away the hoodlums and ends up marrying a valet.

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Film Credits

Director: Marco de Gastyne, Max Glass
Script: E. Raymond (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Henri Barreyre, Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Music: Ralph Erwin, Jean Lenoir
Cast: Raymond Aimos (Georges), Jacques Baumer (M. Legrand), Pierre Brasseur (Fred Woolson), Julien Carette (Richard), Max Dearly (John), Charles Dechamps (Jean), Suzanne Dehelly (Victorine), Pierre Finaly (Un membre du conseil d'administration), Georges Flamant (Albert), Suzy Prim (Véra), Marcel Vallée (Un membre du conseil d'administration), Mady Berry, Henri Bosc, Georges Cahuzac, Paulette Dubost, Pedro Elviro, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Anna Lefeuvrier, Frédéric Mariotti, Teddy Michaud
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 90 min

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