The Sucker
The funniest fraud a fall-guy ever fell for!
In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car.The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
- Director
- Gérard Oury
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Humour
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
17 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Sucker actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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In this Franco-Italian gangster parody, a shopkeeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash that totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friend's car from Naples to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $678,948
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- Domestic gross
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- Release date
- Mar 24, 1965
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- French
- Country
- Spain, France
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