Napoleon Road

Napoleon Road (French: La route Napoléon) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu. It was partly shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

Synopsis
A chancer organises a series of package tours along a route said to have been taken by Napoleon in 1815 when in fact the Emperor never set foot there. The local inhabitants back up his story as they hope to cash in on the tourist boom.

Cast

 * Pierre Fresnay as Édouard Martel
 * Henri Vilbert as Blaise
 * Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand
 * René Génin as Le curé
 * Mireille Ozy as Stella
 * Raphaël Patorni as Bonvent
 * Fernand Sardou as Le maire de Bourg-sur-Bléone
 * Henri Arius as Le boucher
 * Fransined as 	Le pharmacien
 * Nicolas Amato as 	Figuières
 * Maurice Bénard as 	Le ministre
 * Pierrette Caillol as 	La femme dudocteur
 * Lucien Callamand as 	Sabatier- le garde-champêtre
 * Serge Davin as Cabanis - le coiffeur
 * Germaine de France as 	Madame Martel
 * Jean Landier as 	Emery
 * Julien Maffre as 	Un habitant
 * Denise Precheur as	Une employée
 * Annie Roudier as 	Delphine
 * Hélène Tossy as 	La postière
 * Edmond Verva as 	Le père du jeune Victor
 * Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand
 * Jean Panisse as 	Raphaël
 * Marie Albe as Clarisse - la journaliste