The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne (French: Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre and Christian Duvaleix.
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Synopsis
A group of Parisians are very short of money and desperate. To attract attention they decide to become shipwrecked and make a raft from the wood of the Bois de Boulogne. Setting out from Saint Tropez they do not make it very far across the sea, but their plan is ultimately successful.
Cast
Raymond Bussières as Hector Colomb, street singer
Annette Poivre as Adèle, singer of streets
Christian Duvaleix as Cyprien, street singer
Denise Grey as Mrs Grossac, wife of industrialist
Véra Norman as Caroline Grossac, the girl
Jean Ozenne as Marcel Grossac, the industrialist
Sophie Sel as a servant of "Grossac"
Jess Hahn as the American marine
Mario David as the athlete
Jacques Ary as gendarme
Christian Brocard as the news vendor (uncredited)
Laure Paillette as the patroness of café (uncredited)
Georges Lautner as amateur radio (uncredited)
Louis de Funès as the commissar (uncredited)
Olga Sminsky (uncredited)
Monique Dutot (uncredited)
Antonio Longard (uncredited)