The American Beauty

Name: The American Beauty
Director: Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia
Released: 1961
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Alfred Adam, Colette Brosset, Robert Burnier, Pierre Dac, Eliane D'Almeida

1961 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 725 VOTES · DIR. Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia

Overview

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.

Dialogue Timeline — 692 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 THE AMERICAN BEAUTY

00:06:58 What's with him? -Go, you.

00:10:26 And my ice cream cart is out of fashion. -Isabelle doesn't think so.

00:14:42 My husband wanted to buy one 30 years ago. A nice one too.

00:19:33 Maybe we should go see this lady. What do you think?

00:22:17 Would you mind signing?

00:25:04 Go back to work. I'll see you later.

00:28:58 The 189? -Yes, it's the last stop.

00:32:27 Far from the noise of the big city...

00:36:43 But he does fetch. -Our car's too beautiful.

00:40:19 Me too. I used to drive this.

00:45:09 Alright, I'll drive there.

00:48:14 Don't say there's somebody in there.

00:53:30 Don't you mind the detour? -It's only a little complication.

00:59:53 It's really you. Perrignon.

01:04:08 Here we can talk in quiet, minister.

01:07:11 We deduct 0.14% to reach the base amount.

01:11:01 Mr Diamant.

01:16:34 What happened? -You won't believe it.

01:18:59 I have a cousin who wants to work with the mail service.

01:21:46 He's my twin.

01:24:35 Sir, ask him. He knows me and my car.

01:28:03 Mr Perrignon? The French police aren't crazy.

01:31:27 To France, guys.

Cast & Characters

Alfred Adam Alfred Colette Brosset Paulette Perrignon Robert Burnier Houche Pierre Dac le colonel Eliane D'Almeida Simone Bernard Dhéran M. Jean Robert Dhéry Marcel Perrignon Annie Ducaux Mme Lucanzas Jacques Fabbri Le gros Jacques Fabbri Fatso Louis de Funès Les frères Viralot, le secrétaire du commissariat et le chef du personnel

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed692

Dialogue density6.7 lines / min

First line00:00:09

Final line01:31:27

Production Record

DirectorRobert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes725