How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
Director
Georges Lautner
Writer
Albert Simonin, Albert Kantoff
Cast
Bernard Blier
Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Dominique Davray
Madame Blanche, wife of Charles (segment “La Fermeture”)
Henri Virlogeux
Regular doctor of the brothel (segment "La Fermeture")
Frank Villard
Marcel Froment, boss of the “Panier Fleuri”, Toulon (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
Jacques Marin
Second-hand dealer and mover who buys furniture (segment "La Fermeture")
Yori Bertin
Colette, boarder (segment "La Fermeture" & “Le Procès”)
Michèle Bardollet
Boarder (segment "La Fermeture")
Jean Lefebvre
Léonard Maburon, “Léo le solitaire”, burglar (segment "Le Procès")
Andréa Parisy
Baroness Seychelles du Hautpas, born Lucette Granu (segment "Le Procès")
Pierre Bertin
President of the tribunal (segment "Le Procès")
Jean Carmet
Paulo, accomplice of Léonard Maburon (segment "Le Procès")
Darry Cowl
Léonard Maburon's defense lawyer (segment "Le Procès")
