''Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women'' (French: ''Cigarettes, Whisky et P'tites Pépées'') is a 1959 French

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Maurice Régamey Maurice Régamey (1924–2009) was a Polish-born French actor and film director.Rège p.96 Selected filmography * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * '' Dawn Devils'' (1946) * ''Maya'' (1949) * ''Cartouche, King of Paris'' (1950) * '' Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' ...

and starring

Annie Cordy Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coq ...

and

Pierre Mondy Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director. Personal life Born on 10 February 1925, he was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and ...

Premise

To bail out their club on the French Riviera, a group of young and pretty sportswomen do not hesitate to exploit whiskey and cigarettes found in the cellar during resounding celebrations.

Cast

Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...

as Martial *

as Martine *

René Havard René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) – L'assistant ...

as Fernand *

as Max *

Pierre Doris Pierre Doris (1919–2009) was a French actor and humorist. Selected filmography * '' Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' (1957) - Le chasseur du 'Néant' * '' Love Is at Stake'' (1957) - Le publiciste * '' The Tricyclist'' (1957) - Le voyageur à l ...

as Gustave *

Franco Interlenghi Franco Interlenghi (29 October 1931 – 10 September 2015) was an Italian actor. He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's 1946 Neorealist film '' Sciuscià''. He worked with great directors such as Alessandro Blasetti in '' Fabiola' ...

as Mario *

Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...

as Van Dorfelt *

Alessandra Panaro Alessandra Panaro (14 December 1939 – 1 May 2019) was an Italian film actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Panaro is best known for her films in the early 1960s, notably Luchino Visconti's crime drama ''Rocco and His Brothers'' in 1960. ...

as Micheline * Sylvie Adassa as Michèle * Armande Navarre as Juliette * Nadine Tallier as Arlette * Micheline Gary as Véronique * Gisèle Grimm as Élisabeth * Christian Méry as Angelo * Arielle Coignet as Isabelle * Dominique Darsac as Jacqueline * Pierre Mirat as Abadie * Jean Richard as The client *

Albert Rémy Albert Rémy (; 9 April 1915 – 26 January 1967) was a French actor best known for his supporting roles in François Truffaut's first two feature films. He played Antoine Doinel's father in ''The 400 Blows'' and Charlie Koller's (Charles Aznavo ...

as The customs * Pierre Moncorbier as The notary * Jeanne Valérie

Production

The film was shot from 30 June to 13 August 1958. The film was released in Italy 10 February 1959, in France, 25 February 1959, in Sweden, 16 November 1959 and in Germany, 4 March 1960. The film is most known from the 1947 song "Cigarettes, Whisky et P'tites Pépées" ("Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" music by Tim Spencer, French lyrics by Jacques Soumet and

François Llenas François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1 ...

) singing by

References

External links

* 1959 films 1950s French-language films 1959 comedy films French comedy films Films directed by Maurice Régamey 1950s French films {{1950s-France-comedy-film-stub