How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
Directors: Gilles Grangier, Georges Lautner.
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Bernard Blier as Charles Labergerie, le tenancier de la maison close (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) |
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Dominique Davray as Madame Blanche, épouse de Charles (sketch “La Fermeture”) |
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Henri Virlogeux as Le médecin (sketch "La Fermeture") |
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Frank Villard as Marcel Froment, le tenancier de Toulon (sketch “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) |
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Jacques Marin as L'acquéreur du mobilier (sketch "La Fermeture") |
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Yori Bertin as Colette, une pensionnaire (sketch "La Fermeture" & “Le Procès”) |
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Michèle Bardollet as Une pensionnaire (sketch "La Fermeture") |
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Jean Lefebvre as Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Andréa Parisy as Baronne Seychelles du Hautpas, née Lucette Grannu (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Pierre Bertin as Le président du tribunal (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Jean Carmet as Paulo, le complice de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Darry Cowl as Avocat de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Bernard Dhéran as L'avocat général (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Albert Michel as Le greffier (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Louis de Funès as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Mireille Darc as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Jean Richard as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Bernadette Lafont as Sophie (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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María Rosa Rodríguez as Carmen, une fille (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Gianna Serra as Une fille (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Hubert Deschamps as Le juge Hardouin, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Gabriel Gobin as Maître Leproux, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Jean-Pierre Moutier as L'adjoint de Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Albert Rémy as L'inspecteur de police Grannu (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Guy Grosso as Gédéon, un souteneur (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Régine Motte as Une fille (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Lydie Muguet as Une fille (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Françoise Vatel as Une pensionnaire (sketch "La Fermeture") |
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Micheline Luccioni as Carmen, boarder with varices (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited) |
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Catherine Samie as Une pensionnaire (sketch "La Fermeture") |
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Margarette as Une pensionnaire (sketch "La Fermeture") |
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Jacques Legras as Un client suisse (sketch "La Fermeture") (non crédité) |
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Jean-Luc Bideau as Un client suisse (sketch "La Fermeture") (non crédité) |
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Aline Bertrand as Mme Pauline (sketch “La Fermeture” & "Le Procès") |
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Josy Guadel as Une ancienne pensionnaire (sketch "Le Procès") |
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Bernard Musson as Un assesseur (sketch "Le Procés") (non crédité) |
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Paul Mercey as Le client au chien (Sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité) |
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Édouard Francomme as L'homme transportant des dossiers (sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité) |
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Adrien Cayla-Legrand as Un brigadier (sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité) |
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Billy Kearns as Le client Texan (sketch "Le Procès") (non crédité) |
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Louis Viret as Le photographe de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") (non crédité) |
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Philippe Castelli as Mr Boudu, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") (non crédité) |
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Lucien Frégis as Un membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") (non crédité) |
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Andrée Tainsy as Germaine, la gouvernante de Léon (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
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Juliet Mills as L'infirmière (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") (non crédité) |
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Philippe Castelli as Narrateur (non crédité) |
| Directing | Gilles Grangier | Director |
| Directing | Georges Lautner | Director |
| Writing | Albert Simonin | Writer |
| Camera | Georges Pastier | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Michel Magne | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Albert Volper | Set Propsman |
| Art | Robert Turlure | Set Propsman |
| Art | Paul-Louis Boutié | Head Decorator |
| Art | Robert Bouladoux | Decorator |
| Sound | René Longuet | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Paul Reboux | Author |
| Writing | Charles Müller | Author |
| Writing | Michel Audiard | Dialogue |
| Writing | Albert Simonin | Adaptation |
| Writing | Albert Kantoff | Adaptation |
| Sound | Pierre-Louis Calvet | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Albert Kantoff | Writer |
| Camera | Maurice Fellous | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Robert Lefebvre | Director of Photography |
| Production | Henryk Chroscicki | Producer |
| Camera | Gaston Muller | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Michelle David | Editor |
| Crew | Claude Le Gac | Editorial Staff |
| Production | Adeline Grouset | Production Director |
| Art | Paul-Louis Boutié | Set Designer |
| Art | Robert Bouladoux | Set Designer |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
| Production | Yvon Guézel | Producer |
| Production | Alfonso Sansone | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Jacqueline Thiédot | Editor |
| Directing | Jean Pourtalé | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Claude Vital | Assistant Director |
| Art | Paulette Laubie | Set Decoration |