

Extenuating Circumstances
1 hour 27 minutes1939-07-26
6.6
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Harsh Parisian judge Gaetan (known as Monsieur Maximum), chafing in the idleness of retirement, leaves for a seaside holiday. But Gabriel the chauffeur has his mind on his girl, not the car; Gaetan and wife Nathalie are stranded in the country, where they find shelter in a low class bistro patronized by cheerful jail birds. Once the ice is broken, they have a wonderful time, but as the judge tries to trick his new friends into reforming, inevitable exposure approaches...
Cast

Arletty
Marie Qu'a-d'ça

Michel Simon
Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

Andrex
'Môme de Dieu'

Suzanne Dantès
Mrs. Nathalie Le Sentencier

Mila Parély
'La Panthère'

Dorville
Jules Le Bouic

François Simon
'La Poupée', accordionist

Robert Arnoux
Gabriel, Le Sentencier's chauffeur

Jeanine Roger
Gabriel's fiancée

Robert Ozanne
'Cinq-de-trique'

Georges Lannes
'Coup de Chasse'

Liliane Lesaffre
Lontine Le Bouic

Émile Saint-Ober
Coco

Henri de Livry

Robert Sidonac

Julien Barrot

Jean Hubert

Jacques Albert

Marie-José
Madame Cinq de Canne

Georges Bever
Cycle merchant (uncredited)

René Lacourt
(uncredited)
