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''The Sucker'' (in French ''Le Corniaud'') is a 1965 French-Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/{{Bourvil}}.
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''The Sucker'' (in French ''Le Corniaud'') (''Le Corniaud'' in French) is a 1965 French-Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/{{Bourvil}}.
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The film was a smashing success in France upon release, and was topped at that by ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' the following year, which reunited Oury, De Funès and Bourvil once again.
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The film was a smashing success in France upon release, and was topped at that by ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' the following year, which reunited brought Oury, De Funès and Bourvil together once again.
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''The Sucker'' (in French ''Le Corniaud'') is a 1965 French Italian Spanish comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/{{Bourvil}}.
Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan offers him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun, in the Cadillac.
Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan offers him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun, in the Cadillac.
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''The Sucker'' (in French ''Le Corniaud'') is a 1965 French Italian Spanish French-Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/{{Bourvil}}.
Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident withMr Mr. Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan offers him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun, in the Cadillac.
Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with
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* TheAllegedCar: Maréchal's Citroën 2CV, which breaks into pieces when Saroyan's Rolls-Royce crashes into it.
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* ShoutOut: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/{{Stendhal}}.
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* {{Shoutout}}: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/{{Stendhal}}.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: Saroyan draws a plan to show his men where he hid the contraband, then burns said plan. But unbeknownst to him, a mole had slipped self-duplicating paper under the tablecloth.
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* FieryCoverup: Saroyan draws a plan to show his men where he hid the contraband, then burns said plan. But unbeknownst to him, a mole had slipped self-duplicating paper under the tablecloth.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: Saroyan draws a plan to show his men where he hid the contraband, then burns said plan. But unbeknownst to him, a mole had slipped self-duplicating paper under the tablecloth.
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* ButtMonkey: Maréchal. His car is broken into pieces. When he tries to pick Gina, he receives an ill-treatment from the barber, her fiancé. When he dines out with Gina, the waiters constantly make him fall from his chair. He falls from a cliff into the sea. Finally, he is arrested.
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* ButtMonkey: Maréchal. His car is broken into pieces. When he tries to pick Gina, Gina up, he receives an ill-treatment from the barber, her fiancé. When he dines out with Gina, the waiters constantly make him fall from his chair. He falls from a cliff into the sea. Finally, he is arrested.
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* ButtMonkey: Maréchal. His car is broken into pieces. When he tries to pick Gina, he receives an ill-treatment from the barber, her fiancé. When he dines out with Gina, the waiters constantly make him fall from his chair. He falls from a cliff into the sea. Finally, he is arrested.
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* {{Shoutout}}: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/Stendhal.
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* {{Shoutout}}: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/Stendhal.Creator/{{Stendhal}}.
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* OrphanedSetup: In the end, Saroyan tells Maréchal that he will get the reward for finding back the Youkounkoun, then he whispers something in Maréchal's ear. The viewer cannot hear it, but it must be very funny because Saroyan and Maréchal burst into laughter.
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* RambunctiousItalian: Gina and her fiancé are introduced when they have a very loud argument. They are both hot-blooded: they both play OperationJealousy against each other.
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* VehicularSabotage: Mickey throws sugar cubes in the fuel tanks of Saroyan's car twice to prevent him from following the Cadillac.
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* VehicularSabotage: Mickey throws sugar cubes in the fuel tanks tank of Saroyan's car twice to prevent him from following the Cadillac.
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Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan offers him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden in the Cadillac heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun.
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Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan offers him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden in the Cadillac heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun.
Youkounkoun, in the Cadillac.
* CatchPhrase: Saroyan often says about Maréchal "Il m'épate, il m'épate, il m'épate!" (i.e. "He impresses me!")
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Some of the most famous monuments of Italy (the Trinità dei Monti, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa...) and the medieval city of Carcassonne feature prominently in the film. {{Justified|Trope}}, because Antoine Maréchal is supposed to be on vacation.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Some of the most famous monuments of Italy (the Trinità dei Monti, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa...) and the medieval city of Carcassonne feature prominently in the film. {{Justified|Trope}}, because Antoine Maréchal is supposed to be on vacation.vacation and to visit places of interest.
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* VehicularSabotage: Mickey throws sugar cubes in the fuel tanks of Saroyan's car twice to prevent him from following the Cadillac.
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* DramaticIrony: PlayedForLaughs. The viewer knows Saroyan's plan, whereas the protagonist, Maréchal, does not know it. So the viewer realizes that Maréchal loses the golden bumpers and the battery full of precious stones. The viewer also knows that the Napolitan mechanic has just stolen the two golden bumpers, when Maréchal praises his honesty.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The plot is based on the case of Jacques Angelvin, French TV host, who was arrested in the US in 1962. He had carried drugs hidden in his car.
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* TheAllegedCar: Maréchal's Citroën 2CV, which breaks into pieces when Saroyan's Rolls-Royce crashes into it.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Saroyan is the CEO of a company, but this is just a cover for his underground activities.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Saroyan, who manipulates Maréchal.
* TheMark: Maréchal is the mark of Saroyan's plan: Saroyan tries to make him drive a car full of heroin, of stolen gold and precious stones from Naples to Bordeaux, without him knowing.
* TheMark: Maréchal is the mark of Saroyan's plan: Saroyan tries to make him drive a car full of heroin, of stolen gold and precious stones from Naples to Bordeaux, without him knowing.
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* OneBornEveryMinute: Maréchal, an honest and naive guy, meets Saroyan, a mob boss. Saroyan tries to make him drive a car full of heroin, of stolen gold and precious stones from Naples to Bordeaux, without him knowing. Maréchal ends up realizing what happens and sets up a reverse-con to turn the tables on Saroyan.
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* SlobsVersusSnobs: Maréchal is a lower-class man, while Saroyan and his associates are rich and cultured. This contrast shows up in particular in the beginning of the film: Maréchal drives a 2CV, while Saroyan drives a Rolls-Royce. In Saroyan's office, Maréchal is astounded by some gadgets. When he eats with Saroyan and his associates, Maréchal turns out to be less cultured than them.
* {{Shoutout}}: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/Stendhal.
* {{Shoutout}}: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/Stendhal.
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* BookEnds: The movies starts with a car accident (Saroyan's Silver Cloud crashes into Maréchal's 2CV). It ends with another car accident (the Cadillac avoids a police car but crashes into a shop window).
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* MuscleAngst: In the campsite showers, Saroyan meets a very muscular guy who flexes his muscles. When he is left alone, he looks at his own body and tries to imitate him.
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* MuscleAngst: In the campsite showers, Saroyan meets a very muscular guy who flexes his muscles. When he is left alone, he Saroyan looks at his own body and tries to imitate him.
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* MuscleAngst: In the campsite showers, Saroyan meets a very muscular guy who flexes his muscles. When he is left alone, he looks at his own body and tries to imitate him.
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* PecFlex: In the campsite showers, Saroyan meets a very muscular guy who flexes his muscles in a attempt to charm him.
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* Foreshadowing: The horn of the Cadillac has a problem: it starts honking several times and Maréchal cannot stop it. This is probably because [[spoiler:a huge diamond is hidden inside it]].
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: The horn of the Cadillac has a problem: it starts honking several times and Maréchal cannot stop it. This is probably because [[spoiler:a huge diamond is hidden inside it]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: Maréchal unintentionally ruins a large part of Saroyan's plan: he loses the golden bumpers and he throws the battery full of precious stones in the sea without even realizing that there were gold and precious stones.
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* TrainEscape: Type 1. On the road to Carcassonne, Maréchal manages to cross a railway track just ahead of a train. Saroyan gets caught by the train.
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* TrainEscape: Type 1. On the road to Carcassonne, Maréchal manages to cross a railway track just ahead of a train. Saroyan Saroyan, who was following him, gets caught by the train.
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* Foreshadowing: The horn of the Cadillac has a problem: it starts blowing several times and Maréchal cannot stop it. This is probably because [[spoiler:a huge diamond is hidden inside it]].
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* Foreshadowing: The horn of the Cadillac has a problem: it starts blowing honking several times and Maréchal cannot stop it. This is probably because [[spoiler:a huge diamond is hidden inside it]].
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* RunningGag: The horn of the Cadillac starts blowing and Maréchal cannot stop it.
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* RunningGag: The horn of the Cadillac starts blowing honking and Maréchal cannot stop it.
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Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan proposes offers him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden in the Cadillac heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Some of the most famous monuments of Italy (the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa) and the medieval city of Carcassonne feature prominently in the film. {{Justified|Trope}}, because Antoine Maréchal is supposed to be on vacation.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Some of the most famous monuments of Italy (the Trinità dei Monti, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa) Pisa...) and the medieval city of Carcassonne feature prominently in the film. {{Justified|Trope}}, because Antoine Maréchal is supposed to be on vacation.
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* Foreshadowing: The horn of the Cadillac has a problem: it starts blowing several times and Maréchal cannot stop it. This is probably because [[spoiler:a huge diamond is hidden inside it]].
* MsFanservice: Ursula (Beba Loncar), the German tourist, who rarely wears more than a swimsuit.
* MsFanservice: Ursula (Beba Loncar), the German tourist, who rarely wears more than a swimsuit.
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* RoadTripPlot: Maréchal drives a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux over the course of the film.
* RunningGag: The horn of the Cadillac starts blowing and Maréchal cannot stop it.
* SkinnyDipping: Ursula wants to go skinny dipping and she suggests Maréchal to go with her. He does not want to, so she goes swimming alone, but soon Mickey joins her.
* SpeechImpediment: Mickey, the Italian mobster, has a stammer.
* TookALevelInBadass: Maréchal does not realize that he is manipulated by Saroyan for most of the film, but after crossing the French border, he understands everything and he manages to manipulate Mickey and Saroyan. He also hands over Saroyan's henchmen to the police. Finally, he even guesses where the Youkounkoun is hidden.
* RunningGag: The horn of the Cadillac starts blowing and Maréchal cannot stop it.
* SkinnyDipping: Ursula wants to go skinny dipping and she suggests Maréchal to go with her. He does not want to, so she goes swimming alone, but soon Mickey joins her.
* SpeechImpediment: Mickey, the Italian mobster, has a stammer.
* TookALevelInBadass: Maréchal does not realize that he is manipulated by Saroyan for most of the film, but after crossing the French border, he understands everything and he manages to manipulate Mickey and Saroyan. He also hands over Saroyan's henchmen to the police. Finally, he even guesses where the Youkounkoun is hidden.
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* OperationJealousy: Both Gina and her fiancé provoke each other: Gina dates Maréchal. When her fiancé sees her with him in a restaurant, he kisses a girl, then dances languorously with another one. Gina then grabs Maréchal's hand and caresses it.
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* CoolCar: The Cadillac, of course (a Cadillac Series 62 Deville Cabriolet 1964). Other cars are worth of notice: Saroyan's Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and Jaguar Mark 2, the stolen Rolls-Royce Phantom I, and the Austin Healey 3000 driven by the Italian mobsters.
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* CoolCar: The Cadillac, of course (a Cadillac Series 62 Deville Cabriolet 1964). Other cars are worth of notice: Saroyan's Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and green Jaguar Mark 2, the stolen Rolls-Royce Phantom I, and the red Austin Healey 3000 driven by the Italian mobsters.
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* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: The Cadillac contains precious stones in the battery and the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun [[spoiler:in the car horn]].
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* BatDeduction: Maréchal suddenly guesses where Saroyan hid the "Youkounkoun" diamond in the Cadillac he had to drive:
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''The Sucker'' (in French ''Le Corniaud'') is a 1965 French Italian Spanish comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/{{Bourvil}}.
Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan proposes him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden in the Cadillac heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun.
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!!''The Sucker'' provides examples of:
* EiffelTowerEffect: Some of the most famous monuments of Italy (the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa) and the medieval city of Carcassonne feature prominently in the film. {{Justified|Trope}}, because Antoine Maréchal is supposed to be on vacation.
* EuropeansAreKinky: For the French, Northern Europeans are kinky. Ursula, the German tourist, rarely wears more than a swimsuit. Plus she is a naturist and she enjoys skinny dipping.
* TrainEscape: Type 1. On the road to Carcassonne, Maréchal manages to cross a railway track just ahead of a train. Saroyan gets caught by the train.
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Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil) is leaving Paris to go on holiday in Italy when he has a car accident with Mr Saroyan (De Funès). He thinks his vacation is ruined, but the next day Saroyan proposes him to drive a Cadillac from Naples to Bordeaux. Actually, Saroyan is a mob boss and he has hidden in the Cadillac heroin, stolen gold and precious stones, including the biggest diamond in the world, the Youkounkoun.
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!!''The Sucker'' provides examples of:
* EiffelTowerEffect: Some of the most famous monuments of Italy (the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa) and the medieval city of Carcassonne feature prominently in the film. {{Justified|Trope}}, because Antoine Maréchal is supposed to be on vacation.
* EuropeansAreKinky: For the French, Northern Europeans are kinky. Ursula, the German tourist, rarely wears more than a swimsuit. Plus she is a naturist and she enjoys skinny dipping.
* TrainEscape: Type 1. On the road to Carcassonne, Maréchal manages to cross a railway track just ahead of a train. Saroyan gets caught by the train.
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