The Happy Man
1950 film
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The Happy Man or The Man of Joy (French: L'Homme de Joie) is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simone Renant and Jacques Morel.[1][2] It was based on a play of the same title by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byRené Wheeler
Paul Géraldy
Paul Géraldy
Based onL'homme de joie by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer
Produced byAlexandre Mnouchkine
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| Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
| Written by | René Wheeler Paul Géraldy |
| Based on | L'homme de joie by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer |
| Produced by | Alexandre Mnouchkine |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Aumont Simone Renant Jacques Morel |
| Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Sadoul |
| Music by | René Sylviano |
Production companies | La Société des Films Sirius Les Films Ariane |
| Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
When a married women is shocked to discover that her husband is having a romantic flirtation with an actress. She engages a charming young man known as the "man of the joy" to draw the actresses' attention away from her husband.
Cast
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Henri Perlis
- Simone Renant as Madeleine Jolivet
- Jacques Morel as Edouard Jolivet
- Lysiane Rey as Margot Baron
- Nadine Alari as Mireille Dalier
- Jacqueline Noëlle as Evelyne
- Henri Crémieux as M. Jolivet père
- Anita Palacine as Lisa
