La Joyeuse Prison
Synopsis
Benoit, the head guard of Clouville Prison, prefers to be liked than feared. This basic principle transforms the jail-house into a joyful prison, where all the inmates live amicably together. Among them, various colorful characters : a farmer, a poacher, a distiller, a forger, two pickpockets, a safe-cracker, a gangster and... a good-looking guy who pleases Rosette, Benoit's daughter, well. But too much leniency takes its toll : after Vauclin, the gangster, manages to escape and a complaint is filed against "the deplorable disorder reigning in the joyful prison", Benoit is given early retirement. He will know how to take advantage of his new status live a joyful life with his wife, his daughter and André, his son in law, in fact the nice-looking young prisoner who, in the meantime, has been cleared of all charges.
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Credits
Actors (31)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Les Films de l'Abeille, Sirius
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Sirius
Full credits (11)
- Adaptation : Paul Vanderberghe, André Berthomieu
- Screenwriter : Pierre François
- Dialogue Writer : Paul Vandenberghe
- Director of Photography : Georges Million
- Music Composer : Henri Betti
- Editor : Gilbert Natot
- Sound recordists : Lucien Lacharmoise, Robert Teisseire
- Producer : Jules Desurmont
- Production Designer : Raymond Negre
- Still Photographer : Marcel Dolé
- Unit Production Manager : Michel Bonnay
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
