Village Feud
1951 film by Henri Verneuil
Village Feud or The Hunting Ground (French: La Table-aux-Crevés) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Maria Mauban and Andrex. It is based on the 1929 novel The Hollow Field by Marcel Aymé. It was filmed at the Marseille Studios and on location in Cabriès in Provence. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It was Verneuil's first feature film after directing a number of shorts.
Synopsis
When the wife of farmer and village politician Urbain Coindet commits suicide, his political rivals all allege that she was really murdered. Meanwhile, Urbain courts the daughter of a local tobacco smuggler who hates him.
Cast
Fernandel as Urbain Coindet
Maria Mauban as Jeanne Gari
Andrex as Frédéric Gari
Antonin Berval as Le père Gari
René Génin as Le curé
Fernand Sardou as Forgeral
Alexandre Arnaudy as Miloin
Marcel Charvey as Rambarde
Jenny Hélia as La Cornette
Jeanne Mars as Une commère
Mado Stelli as Louise
Marthe Marty as Heloise Miloin
Edmond Ardisson as Cugue
Max Mouron as Le Corne
Cambis as Un client du bistrot
Manuel Gary as Felicien Berger
Henri Vilbert as Victor
Édouard Delmont as Capucet
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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