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Keep an Eye on Amelia

Keep an Eye on Amelia

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Keep an Eye on Amelia

1949

1h 32m

6.5(14 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A young woman's comfortable life with her boyfriend is disrupted when he leaves for military duty, entrusting her to a playboy friend seeking a fake marriage for inheritance. Complications arise as a prince enters the scene, pursuing her romantically.

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Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Amélie d'Avranche

Jean Desailly

Jean Desailly

Marcel Courbois

Victor Guyau

Victor Guyau

Van Putzeboom, Marcel's uncle

Grégoire Aslan

Grégoire Aslan

Prince Nicolas of Palestria

André Bervil

André Bervil

Lieutenant Étienne de Milledieu

Charles Dechamps

Charles Dechamps

The Mayor

Louise Conte

Louise Conte

Irène

Marcelle Arnold

Marcelle Arnold

The Lady in Purple

Lucienne Granier

Lucienne Granier

Palmyre

Julien Carette

Julien Carette

Pochet, Amélie's father

Creative team

Directed by: Claude Autant-Lara
Written by: Pierre Bost
Jean Aurenche

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