If I Were Boss (French: Si j'étais le patron) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernand Gravey, Max Dearly and Mireille Balin.

The depiction of a struggling business has been regarded as a metaphor for the wider state of French industry at the height of the Great Depression.

It was produced the same year as a number of financial scandals hit French firms.

[3] Henri an employee at a car factory develops a revolutionary new improvement but his views are rejected as he faces the sack as a troublemaker.

However the failing business is backed by an eccentric investor on the condition that Henri is appointed as manager of the firm.