Le Roman d'un Tricheur (1936)

Film details

Featuring

Norman Shelley Sacha Guitry Serge Grave
Director

Sacha Guitry
Country

France
Year

1936
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Cheat Alternative
The Story of a Cheat Alternative

Synopsis

Story of a trickster. As a twelve year old he is punished one day for a minor misdemeanor by being denied the mushrooms served at the family meal. Ironically when his family is poisoned by the mushrooms, he alone survives. Circumstances lead him to take up a job as a hotel page boy and a croupier in a casino before becoming a professional cheat.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - [English Language Version Narrator]
    
    Norman Shelley
  - The trickster
    
    Sacha Guitry
  - The trickster at twelve years
    
    Serge Grave
  - The trickster as a young man
    
    Pierre Assy
  - Henriette
    
    Jacqueline Delubac
  - Eccentric countess
    
    Marguerite Moreno
  - thief
    
    Rosine Deréan
  - Madame Morlot
    
    Pauline Carton
  - Monsieur Charbonnier
    
    Henri Pfeiffer
  - Monsieur Morlot
    
    Pierre Labry
  - singer
    
    Fréhel
  - café waiter
    
    Gaston Dupray
  - cast member
    
    Roger Duchesne
  - cast member
    
    Elmire Vautier
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Sacha Guitry
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Cinéas Film
  - Production Manager
    
    Serge Sandberg
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Sacha Guitry
  - Dialogue
    
    Sacha Guitry
  - Original Novel "Mémoires d'un tricheur"
    
    Sacha Guitry
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Marcel Lucien
  Design:
  - Set Designer
    
    Henri Ménessier
  - Set Decorator
    
    Jacques Gut
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Adolphe Borchard
  - Conductor
    
    Georges Derveaux
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Paul Duvergé
  - [English Lanbguage Version Director]
    
    Charles Frank