Mystery Trip (French: Voyage surprise) is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Pierre Prévert and starring Martine Carol,
/ref> It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Trauner and Auguste Capelier.
Synopsis
A struggling
coach service run by the elderly Piuff is struggling from competition. To help revive the business his grandchildren assist him to organise a mystery trip. His adversaries try to sabotage it but in a surreal series of events the disasters of the journey are taken by the passengers as all part of the enjoyment.
Cast
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Martine Carol as Isabelle Grosbois
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Maurice Baquet as Teddy
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Jean Sinoël as Le grand-père Piuff
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Annette Poivre as Marinette
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Marcel Pérès as Le faux turc / L'aubergiste
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Thérèse Aspar as Marianne - la première jeune fille
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René Bourbon as Monsieur Grosbois
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Dominique Brévant as Janine - la seconde jeune fille
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Roger Caccia as Monsieur Barbizon
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Lucien Carol as Le patron du "Paon"
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Niko Dakis as Boris
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Etienne Decroux as Mikhaïl
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Thérèse Dorny as Mademoiselle Roberta
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Jeanne Dussol as Madame Duroc
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Jacques-Henry Duval as Grim
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Fernand René as Monsieur le curé
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Claire Gérard as Madame Marguerite
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Max Révol as Abel Renardot - un détective privé
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Charles Lavialle as L'inspecteur Vaudor
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Christian Simon as Pierrot Duroc
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Robert Lombard as Richard - le jeune marié
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Gaston Orbal as Le commandant Wagon
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Georges Vitsoris as Le baron Gregor
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Cécilia Paroldi as Florence - la jeune mariée
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Piéral as La grande-duchesse de Strombolie
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Lucien Raimbourg as Monsieur Duroc
Bibliography
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Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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