La joyeuse prison
- Original title
- La joyeuse prison
- Year
- 1956
- Running time
- 95 min.
- Country
- France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Michel Simon
- Ded Rysel
- Paulette Dubost
- Lisette Lebon
- Michel Roux
- Christian Alers
- Georges Baconnet
- Francis Boyer
- Henri Coutet
- Robert Dalban
- Paul Derly
- Darry Cowl
- Émile Genevois
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy
- 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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