Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon.

It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to use him as an accomplice to rob his boss.

The film is based on a 1936 play by Édouard Bourdet.

Filming took place in March and April 1939 at the Laboratoires et Studios Eclair in Épinay-sur-Seine.

[2] According to Arletty, Claude Autant-Lara did all the direction and Maurice Lehmann was mainly the producer.