Rooster Heart

1946 French film

Rooster Heart

Directed by| Maurice Cloche
Written by|

* Jean-Pierre Feydeau
* Raymond Vincy

Produced by| Alain Poiré
Starring|

* Fernandel
* Gisèle Alcee
* Jean Témerson

Cinematography| Willy Faktorovitch
Edited by| Renée Gary
Music by| Roger Dumas

Production
company

Gaumont Film Company

Distributed by| Gaumont Film Company

Release date

* 27 December 1946 (1946-12-27)

Running time

| 75 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Rooster Heart (French: Coeur de coq) is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Fernandel, Gisèle Alcee and Jean Témerson.[1] The film's sets were designed by Robert Giordani.

## Plot

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A man is too shy to ask a girl out and decides to kill himself. While lying in the road he is rescued by a Doctor who tries to cure him by implanting the heart of a rooster into him, something which suddenly makes him irresistible to women.

## Cast

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* Fernandel as Tulipe
* Gisèle Alcée as Loulou
* Jean Témerson as Stanislas Pugilaskoff
* Marcel Vallée as Tournesol
* Maximilienne as Mme Estelle
* Henri Arius as Lacorbiere
* Darcelys
* Marthe Marty
* Lorette Gallant
* Paul Azaïs as Serapain
* Rouzeaud
* Jacques Hélian
* Michel Roger
* Maria Aranda
* Mireille Perrey as Mme Bourride, dite :Vera
* Mag-Avril
* Cora Camoin
* Henri Doublier
* Liane Marlene
* Zappy Max as Un musicien de l'orchestre

## References

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1. ^ Quinlan p.178

## Bibliography

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* Quinlan, David. Quinlan's Film Stars. Batsford, 2000.

## External links

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* Rooster Heart at IMDb

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Films directed by Maurice Cloche

* The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937)
* The Little Thing (1938)
* The Eleventh Hour Guest 1945)
* Women's Games (1946)
* Rooster Heart (1946)
* Monsieur Vincent (1947)
* Cage of Girls (1949)
* Doctor Laennec (1949)
* Born of Unknown Father (1950)
* The Bread Peddler (1950)
* Never Take No for an Answer (1951)
* Domenica (1952)
* The Sparrows of Paris (1953)
* A Missionary (1955)
* Girls of the Night (1958)
* Women's Prison (1958)
* Cocagne (1961)
* The Bread Peddler (1963)
* Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966)
* The Viscount (1967)
* The Killer Likes Candy (1968)

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