A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
Françoise Rosay
as Margaret Molyneux
Michel Simon
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Billy - le laitier amoureux d'Eva
Louis Jouvet
as Archibald Soper, évèque de Bedford
Nadine Vogel
as Eva - la secrétaire des Molyneux
Henri Guisol
as Buffington - un journaliste alcoolique
Jenny Burnay
as Madame Pencil - la cuisinière des Molyneux
Agnès Capri
as la chanteuse des rues
Annie Cariel
as Elisabeth Soper - la femme de l'évêque
Jeanne Lory
as Mrs. McPhearson - la tante d'Irwin qui perd la tête
Madeleine Suffel
as Victory - la dame de compagnie de Mrs. McPhearson
Sinoël
as Le gardien de prison