The Green Jacket

The Green Jacket (French: L'habit vert) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher and Jules Berry. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

The film is a farce set against the backdrop of the Académie française.

Cast

 * Elvire Popesco as La duchesse de Maulévrier
 * Victor Boucher as Le comte Hubert de Latour-Latour
 * Jules Berry as Parmeline
 * André Lefaur as Le duc de Maulévrier
 * Pierre Larquey as Pinchet - le secrétaire perpétuel de l'Institut
 * Meg Lemonnier as Brigitte Touchard - la secrétaire du duc
 * Bernard Blier as Le fils Pinchet
 * Abel Tarride as Jacques Durand - le nouveau Président de la République
 * Robert Seller as Saint-Gobain
 * Palau as Le baron Bénin
 * Lucette Desmoulins as Arlette Mareuil
 * Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as La voyageuse du train
 * Léonce Corne as Le tailleur
 * Georges Morton as Le général
 * Charles Lamy as Gondrecourt - le doyen de l'Académie française
 * Georges Pally as Le domestique des Maulévrier
 * Léon Arvel as Mourier
 * Jacques Beauvais as L'huissier
 * Marguerite de Morlaye as Une invitée à l'Élysée
 * Eddy Debray as Laurel
 * Gustave Gallet as Petit rôle
 * Anthony Gildès as Un académicien
 * Léone Leduc as Petit rôle
 * Robert Ralphy as Un académicien
 * Henri Richard as Petit rôle
 * Gaston Secrétan as Un académicien