Clochemerle (film)

Clochemerle is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Félix Oudart, Saturnin Fabre and Jean Brochard. It is an adaptation of the 1934 novel Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet.

Synopsis
In a small town in Beaujolais a dispute breaks out when the Radical Party mayor decides to build some new public urinals opposite the church. Conservative forces led by the local priest and a baroness attempt to thwart him.

Cast

 * Félix Oudart as 	Le curé Ponosse
 * Saturnin Fabre as 	Alexandre Bourdillat
 * Jean Brochard as 	Piéchut
 * Maximilienne as 	Justine Putet
 * Roland Armontel as Ernest Tafardel - l'instituteur
 * Jane Marken as 	La baronne de Courtebiche
 * Simone Michels as Judith Toumignon
 * Christiane Muller as 	Adèle Torbayon
 * Paul Demange as 	Toumignon
 * Max Dalban as 	Arthur Torbayon
 * Jacqueline Dor as 	Rose Bivaque
 * Mady Berry as 	La mère Brodequin
 * Charles Dechamps as 	Luvelat
 * Jean-Roger Caussimon as 	Samotras
 * Christian Argentin as 	L'évêque
 * Gaston Orbal as 	Poilphard
 * Jack Gauthier as 	Claudius Brodequin
 * Max Palenc as 	Hippolyte Foncimagne
 * Lucien Guervil as 	Le capitaine Tardiveau
 * René-Jean Chauffard as 	Oscar de Saint-Choul
 * Pierre Labry as 	Nicolas
 * Odette Talazac as 	Madame Girodot
 * Wanda Ottoni as 	La jeune veuve
 * Judith Magre as 	Hortense Girodot
 * Georges Douking as 	Le préparateur
 * Marcel Pérès as	Le père Brodequin
 * Albert Malbert as 	Beausoleil
 * Etienne Decroux as	Le docteur Mouraille
 * Léon Larive as 	Le colonel
 * Pierre Juvenet as 	Le préfet
 * Jeanne Herviale as 	Honorine
 * Palmyre Levasseur as 	Babette Manapoux
 * Geneviève Morel as 	Fouache
 * Henri Niel as L'abbé Jouffe
 * George Cusin as 	Le notaire Girodot
 * Myriam Dior as 	Une lavandière