- Country: France
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 1952-12-12
- Director: Roger Richebé
- Writers: Paul Gury , Roger Richebé , Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
- Language: French
- Stars: Noël-Noël , Arlette Poirier , Paul Amiot , Georgette Anys , Jean Barrère , André Carnège , Jean Clarieux , Jean Daurand , Marcel Delaître , Louis de Funès
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Run Away Mr. Perle , La fugue de Monsieur Perle , La fugue de Monsieur Perle (France, French Republic) , Ucieczka pana Perle (Poland)
- Plot: ....than to be confined in an insane asylum.Correct me if I'm wrong,but I would venture to guess that ,at the time ,not too many critics could say they were looking at Roger Richebé for new horizons in French Cinema.Down with the Cahiers Du Cinema and their so called Cinema D'Auteur! La Fugue De Monsieur Perle (1952)(= M. Perle's runaway )is a funny comedy ,which loses a little steam in its last third ,but do not deny yourself an entertaining pleasant farce.Noel-Noel is a pastry cook,whose stuff (particularly his "Cabanes Au Canada",a cake which has completely disappeared nowadays:too bad,it looks lovely)is appreciated by the holier-than-thou Lady Bountiful who collects them for the Church fair.Unfortunately,he lives with an authoritarian missus and her cousin ,a retired (ouch!) military man who is also a scrounger.Opportunity knocks:a rich childless aunt has just died and he 's the sole heir:although they are relatives to the third degree,the French(welfare) state leaves him a relatively nice little sum.So begins a cock and bull story,which involves a false desperate woman who wants to commit suicide on the Eiffel Tower,a true hooker who steals the dough,amnesia,a mental hospital,a shrink,a lunatic who wants to serve roasted Robespierre for lunch and even (Watch out for his two brief appearances)Louis De Funès fishing in a washbowl("You won't catch anything" "How do you know? Have you ever tried ?")...After all sorts of incidents ,our hero finds a way to get a tender loving wife and to get rid of the burdensome cousin.Naturally Richebé was not exactly new horizons in French cinema ,but he's really pretty good after all.
- IMDB:tt0044643
Run Away Mr. Perle Cast · · · ALL
Roger Richebé
Director
Noël-Noël
Mr. Perle
Arlette Poirier
Maud
Marie Glory
Juliette
Gaston Orbal
Norbert
Simone Paris
Béatrice Dupont-Vallier
Jean Galland
Docteur Briquet
Jean Toulout
Adrien Bontoux
Luce Fabiole
Mme Fournier (uncredited)
Louis de Funès
Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
Paul Amiot
Le commissaire
Georgette Anys
La patronne du bistrot de Romainville
Jean Barrère
L'interne
André Carnège
Albert Masson, le masseur de Juliette
Jean Clarieux
Un cheminot de la S.N.C.F.
Jean Daurand
Le laveur de carreaux de l'hôpital psychiatrique
Marcel Delaître
Le bistrot de Romainville
Paul Faivre
Le cafetier de Meung-sur-Loire
Gabriel Gobin
Un homme au bistrot de Romainville
Charles Lemontier
Le médecin
Sophie Mallet
La bonne du curé
Robert Seller
Le docteur Berthier
Georges Sellier
Paul Villé
Le facteur
Pierre Duncan
Le typographe (uncredited)
Grégoire Gromoff
Un homme au bistrot de Romainville (uncredited)