History Film / TheSucker

* MickeyMousing: The car-fixing scene is set to Rossini's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgcxEA72B2E "Tarentella",]] and everything Saroyan does is timed to the music.

-->'''Saroyan:''' Der Beau Garçon is ein salopard. Ein gross salopard!

''The Sucker'' (''Le Corniaud'' in French) is a 1965 French-Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Gérard Oury and starring Creator/LouisDeFunes and Creator/{{Bourvil}}.

-->'''Maréchal:''' For sure! There are 2 Ks in "Youkounkoun", like in [[spoiler:"klaxon"! (which is the car horn)]]
* 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).

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Saroyan presents himself as a general manager of a trading company but he is in fact a mob-boss who is looking for a "mule" in order to carry various drugs and jewelery through the Italian Frontier.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Since Saroyan is a gangster and a mob-boss, he is more than eager to use guns to kill his rivals and karate-chops [[spoiler:a statue by mistake]] when he feels someone put a gun to his back.

* MickeyMousing: The car-fixing scene is set to Rossini's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgcxEA72B2E Tarentella.]]

* PecFlex: In the campsite showers, Saroyan meets a very muscular guy who flexes his muscles in a attempt to charm him.

'''Antoine Maréchal:''' I don't know if you are aware that my car had an little accident yesterday...\\
'''Saroyan:''' That's exactly why i phoned you this morning. ''[sits down in his chair]'' From the beginning... you were looking pretty sympathetic to me... and I had an idea that might fix everything...\\

The film was a smashing success in France upon release, and was topped at that by ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' the following year, which brought Oury, De Funès and Bourvil [[ProductionPosse back together]] once again.

* 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.

The film was a smashing success in France upon release, and was topped at that by ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'' the following year, which brought Oury, De Funès and Bourvil together once again.

* 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.

* ShoutOut: One of Saroyan's associates advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/{{Stendhal}}.

* {{Shoutout}}: One of the mobsters advises Maréchal to read ''Promenades dans Rome'' by Creator/{{Stendhal}} while in Italy. Maréchal answers that he already has the Michelin Guide (a guide book).

[[caption-width-right:300: One of the best french comedies]]

* RefugeInAudacity: When Saroyan associates are legitimately concerned by the risky move of giving such a huge loot on a random "Sucker", Saroyan defend himself by pointing out that Maréchal is such a RidiculouslyAverageGuy that he is beneath all suspicion:
-->'''Saroyan''': Listen to me damnit !!! For such a huge shipment, we needed someone who is naive...He doesn't suspect anything !!! [...]I hired him at the last moment because he is an honest man...you can see it on its face and it is the best passport because remember, at the customs, it's the man who is suspicious, not the car...

* RefugeInAudacity: When Saroyan associates are legitimately concerned by the risky move of giving such a huge loot on a random "Sucker", Saroyan defend himself by pointing out that Maréchal is such a RidiculousAverageGuy that he is beneath all suspicion:

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Saroyan Present himself as a general manager of a trading company but he is in fact a mob-boss who is looking for a "mule" in order to carry various drugs and jewelery through the Italian Frontier.

* GratuitousGerman: Léopold Saroyan tries to warn the Swedish passenger of Maréchal that the "pretty boy" who has joined them is in fact a gangster.

* MuscleAngst: When following Maréchal in the camping, Saroyan takes a shower next to a very muscular guy who is flexing constantly. After he tells him to buzz off, he tries pathetically to imitate his poses.

* CatchPhrase: Saroyan often says about Maréchal "Il m'épate, il m'épate, il m'épate!" (i.e. "He impresses me!")

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Saroyan is the CEO of a company, but this is just a cover for his underground activities.

* MuscleAngst: In the campsite showers, Saroyan meets a very muscular guy who flexes his muscles. When he is left alone, Saroyan looks at his own body and tries to imitate him.

[[caption-width-right:190: One of the best french comedies ]]

[[caption-width-right:300:He impresses me ! He impresses me [[note]]Saroyan opinion on the titular sucker[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:He impresses me ! He impresses me [[note]]Saroyan opinion on the titular sucker[[/note]]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: An InUniverse one for the Italian mechanic. A Frenchman arrives in his garage at three in the morning to get his car fixed and proceeds to do all the work himself, paying the mechanic with a big stack of bills and leaving as suddenly as he arrived.