La joyeuse prison

Name: La joyeuse prison
Director: André Berthomieu
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1956-06-29
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Michel Simon, Ded Rysel, Paulette Dubost, Lisette Lebon, Michel Roux

Directed by André Berthomieu

Comedy

19561h 35m

Overview

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.