Monsieur Taxi Mister Taxi, is a French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 film from 1952, directed André Hunebelle

André Hunebelle

André Hunebelle was a French director born September 1, 1896 in Meudon , died 27 November 1985 in Nice .Hunebelle was a former publisher of a French newspaper called La Fleché...

, written by Jean Halain

Jean Halain

Jean Halain , born 14 January 1920 in Paris, died 14 September 2000 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, was a film screenwriter.He was a scriptwriter and screenwriter of numerous films of Louis de Funès.- Screenwriter :...

, starring by Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Michel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...

 and Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...

. It is about Pierre Verger, who is nicknamed Monsieur Taxi and always in company of a smart young dog called "Gangster".

Plot

Monsieur Taxi comes across a bag a passenger seems to have forgotten on the backseat. The bag contains a considerable amount of money and he is desperate to return it. While trying to find the owner of the bag he is eventually taken for a criminal and arrested by police. But in the end everything is straightened out and he lives to see his both children get married.

Cast

• Michel Simon
  Michel Simon
  Michel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
  
   : Pierre Verger (Monsieur Taxi)
• Jane Marken
  Jane Marken
  Jane Marken was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry....
  
   : Louise
• Jean Brochard
  Jean Brochard
  Jean Brochard was a French film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1933 and 1966.- Selected filmography :* Le Corbeau * Voyage sans espoir * A Lover's Return...
  
   : Léon
• Monique Darbaud : Lily Minouche, the dancer
• Jane Marken
  Jane Marken
  Jane Marken was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry....
  
   : Louise, wife of Léon
• Jean Brochard
  Jean Brochard
  Jean Brochard was a French film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1933 and 1966.- Selected filmography :* Le Corbeau * Voyage sans espoir * A Lover's Return...
  
   : Léon, husband of Louise, policeman
• Jean Carmet
  Jean Carmet
  Jean Carmet, born July 25, 1920 in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France; died April 20, 1994 in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, was a French actor.-Biography:...
  
   : François
• André Valmy
  André Valmy
  André Valmy is a French film actor. Hew was born André Antoine Marius Dugenet in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. He appeared in 66 films between 1940 and 2001.-Selected filmography:* Une si jolie petite plage...
  
   : the main inspector
• Pauline Carton
  Pauline Carton
  Pauline Carton was a French film actress. She appeared in over 170 films between 1912 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Le p'tit Parigot * The Blood of a Poet * High and Low...
  
   : the aunt of Lily
• Espanita Cortez : the Italian
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir : Mrs Angela
• Nathalie Nattier : La Rousse
• Louis de Funès
  Louis de Funès
  Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
  
  : (uncredeted)

External links

• Monsieur Taxi (1952) at the Films de France