For his performance in Le Corniaud, he won a Special Diploma at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

Bourvil's characters not only managed to make viewers laugh, but also to save themselves, often unwittingly, from the Machiavellian designs of his adversaries.

In this role he observes the relationship between a man he works for and the young son who has fallen ill.

The audience can identify with the character played by Bourvil, just as they can in his comic roles, so often as a simple man.

In March 1948, Bourvil took part in the complete recording of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann with artists of the Paris Opéra-Comique conducted by André Cluytens, playing the four 'servant' roles.