

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
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Cast

Bourvil
Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur

Sophie Desmarets
Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon

Peter McEnery
Jeff, the downed British airman

Sara Franchetti
Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon

Jean Poiret
Armand, resistance leader and double agent

Reinhard Kolldehoff
Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'

Pino Caruso
Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver

Terry-Thomas
Commander Perry of British HQ

Roland Lesaffre
Fake resistance fighter full of tics

Jacques Balutin
Resistant gendarme

Robert Le Béal
Officer of the British HQ

Jacques Préboist
Ernest
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