L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.

Plot
Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.

Cast

 * Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
 * Yves Deniaud: Antonio
 * Geneviève Page: Donata
 * Georgette Anys: Julie
 * Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau
 * Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
 * Paul Frankeur: the priest
 * Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
 * Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer
 * Henri Arius: the commissioner
 * Lucien Callamand: the notary
 * Emma Lyonel: the directrices
 * Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
 * Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
 * François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
 * Maurice Bénard: the casino manager
 * Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
 * Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor
 * Michel Gerbier: the little boy
 * Claude Ermelli
 * Colette Ravel
 * Jacques Robin