Le Million(Le million)
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France · 1931
Rated PG · 1h 23m
Director René Clair
Starring René Lefèvre, Annabella, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier
Genre Comedy, Music
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Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy when he wins the Dutch lottery. Almost immediately, however, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.
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