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The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)

The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)

Crime Comedy
Release Date: 1948, October 29
Directors: Carlo Rim
Countries: France
Production: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Cast: André Bervil, Pauline Carton, Fernandel, Luc Andrieux, Katherine Kath, Édouard Francomme, Annette Poivre, Pierre Duncan, Albert Michel, Paul Demange, Germaine Kerjean, Edmond Beauchamp

Overview:

The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.