Synopsis
The story involves three prison inmates who because of their good behavior are given the responsibility -- under strict police supervision -- of collecting garbage for the city. The regular collectors are on strike. The policemen supervisors are not all that strict, and what the convicts really want to do is get in together with their girlfriends.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (18)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Comptoir Français de Production Cinématographique (CFPC)
- French distribution : Comptoir Français du Film (CFF)
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Robert De Nesle
- Screenwriters : Louis Grospierre, Jacques Lanzmann
- Dialogue Writer : Jacques Lanzmann
- Director of Photography : Marcel Grignon
- Music Composer : Georges Van Parys
- Editor : Léonide Azar
- Sound Recordist : René Longuet
- Author of original work : Françoise Mallet-Joris
- Production Manager : Jean Maumy
- Production Designer : Robert Giordani
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Work
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1959
- French release : 23/12/1959
- Runtime : 1 h 27 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 22612
- Visa issue date : 15/12/1959
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono