Short Head

1956 French film

10 October 1956 (1956-10-10)

Running time

88 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Short Head (French: Courte tête) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux, written by Michel Audiard and starring Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax and Jean Richard.^[1] The film is known under the alternative title Photo Finish.^[2]

It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

Two swindlers try to cheat a provincial poultry magnate by getting him to bet on a sure loser in a major horse race.

Cast

Fernand Gravey as Olivier Parker, a notorious crook. posing as an equestrian coach
Micheline Dax as Lola d'Héricourt, a venturer
Jean Richard as Ferdinand Galiveau, poultry dealer and racegoer
Jacques Duby as Amédée Lucas aka fake jockey "Teddy Morton"
Darry Cowl as the receptionist at the hotel "Lutécia"
Hubert Deschamps as Le serveur 'Gay Paris'
Max Révol as the general agent for starch
Robert Murzeau as the taylor, also a racegoer
Jacques Dufilho as the stable-boy
Harry-Max as Cyril Mauvoisin, l'entraîneur
Pascal Mazzotti as Le maître d'hôtel
Annick Tanguy as La danseuse de Mambo
Louis de Funès as Father Graziani, a fake monk
Guy Bedos as Fred Campuche
Paul Bisciglia as Un chasseur de l'hôte

References

^ Vincendeau p.154
^ Short Head at IMDb

Bibliography

Ginette Vincendeau. Stars and Stardom in French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.

External links

Short Head at IMDb
Courte tête (1956) at the Films de France

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Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
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Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
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Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
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Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
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Garde à Vue (1981)
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Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
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