The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
The aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
Released: Oct 29, 1948
Runtime: 90 minutes
Stars: Fernandel, Berthe Bovy, Germaine Kerjean, Albert Dinan, Annette Poivre, Robert Pizani
Crew: Carlo Rim (Writer), Carlo Rim (Director), Raymond Borderie (Producer), Jean Darvey (Executive Producer), Georges van Parys (Music), Nicolas Hayer (Director of Photography)