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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning is a french film of genre Drama directed by Gilles Grangier released in USA on 11 november 1965 with Louis de Funès

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
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Released in USA 11 november 1965
Length 1h40
Directed by ,    
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating63% 3.1869253.1869253.1869253.1869253.186925

Les Bons Vivants (English: High Lifers), is a French comedy film from 1965, directed by Gilles Grangier, written by Michel Audiard and Albert Kantof, starring Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Un grand seigneur" (France, new title), "High Lifers" (International English title), "How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning" (USA), "Un drôle de caïd" (alternative French title), "Alegres vividores" (Spain), "Die Damen lassen bitten" (West Germany), "Per favore chiudete le persiane" (Italy).

Synopsis

1er sketch : La Fermeture Monsieur Charles et Madame Blanche sont bien tristes : la maison close qu'ils tiennent va fermer et ils doivent dire adieu aux jolies filles, à tous leurs amis qui fréquentaient ce lieu… En guise d'adieu, les tenanciers offrent un cadeau à chacune des pensionnaires, mais Lucette est absente pour cause de deuil. L'enseigne (une lanterne) revient à cette pensionnaire si douée à laquelle Monsieur Charles prédit une belle ascension sociale.

Actors

Louis de Funès

(Léon Haudepin, agent général d'assurance (Les Bons Vivants))
Bernard Blier

(M. Charles Labergerie, témoin (Le Procès))
Philippe Castelli

(Boudu, ami de Léon Haudepin (Les Bons Vivants))
Jean Lefebvre

(Léonard Maburon, « Léo le solitaire », cambrioleur (Le Procès))
Dominique Davray

(Mme Blanche, tenancière et épouse de Charles (La Fermeture))
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