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Le Million (1931)

“You MUST see it to know how indescribably clever and enormously "smart" a movie CAN be!”
★ 6.889 votes ⏱ 1 h 23 min Rating PG

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.

Le Million is a 1931 movie. Genres: Comedy, Music. Directed by René Clair. Main cast: René Lefèvre, Annabella, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier, Vanda Gréville. Runtime: 83 minutes. Its average rating is 6.8 out of 10, from 89 votes.

Release dateFebruary 4, 1931
Runtime1 h 23 min
DirectorRené Clair
ScreenplayRené Clair, Georges Berr, Marcel Guillemaud
Original languageFR

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Based on play or musicalBetrayal by friendBlack and whiteMusicalWild goose chaseWinning lottery

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