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George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)

Christine Delaroche

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Évelyne Grandjean

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Marc Cassot

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Patrick Guillemin

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Raymond Loyer

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Joël Martineau

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Jean-Claude Montalban

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Roger Rudel

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Jean-Éric Bielle

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Marc François

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Michel Hazanavicius

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Lionel Abelanski

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Dominique Farrugia

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Alain Chabat

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Serge Hazanavicius

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

Jean-Yves Lafesse

(Dubbing Voice (voice))

John Wayne

(George Abitbol (archive footage))

Dustin Hoffman

(Peter (archive footage))

Paul Newman

(Dave (archive footage))

Robert Redford

(Steven (archive footage))

Burt Lancaster

(José (archive footage))

Henry Fonda

(Hugues (archive footage))

James Stewart

(Jacques (archive footage))

Dean Martin

(Dino (archive footage))

Frank Sinatra

(Frankie (archive footage))

Clark Gable

(The Actor (archive footage))

Robert Mitchum

(Yves (archive footage))

Lauren Bacall

(Christelle (archive footage))

Angie Dickinson

(Jacqueline (archive footage))

Lana Turner

(Isabelle (archive footage))

Jason Robards

(The Newspaper Director (archive footage))

Orson Welles

(Self (archive footage))

Martin Balsam

(Callaghan (archive footage))

Ricky Nelson

(George's Friend (archive footage))

Charles Bronson

(The Indian (archive footage))

Elvis Presley

(The Fucking Oddball (archive footage))

Stuart Whitman

(A Future Man (archive footage))

Ned Beatty

(Frédéric (archive footage))

Spencer Tracy

(The Professional Witness (archive footage))

Ernest Borgnine

(Ernest (archive footage))

Jan-Michael Vincent

(The Helicopter Fan (archive footage))

Yvonne De Carlo

(The Actor's Wife (archive footage))

Randolph Scott

(Joël (archive footage))

James Franciscus

(Professor Hammond (archive footage))

Slim Pickens

('Deep Throat' (archive footage))

Antonio Fargas

('Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage))

Walter Brennan

('Stumpy' (archive footage))

Jacqueline Bisset

(The Helicopter Woman (archive footage))

Burgess Meredith

(The Helicopter Man (archive footage))

Jack Warden

(A Journalist (archive footage))

Akim Tamiroff

(Dino's Friend (archive footage))

Nick Cravat

(José's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited))

John Qualen

(V12 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Donald Sutherland

(Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited))

Martin West

(Police Officer (archive footage) (uncredited))

Jacqueline deWit

(Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited))

Charlotte Stewart

(Waitress (archive footage) (uncredited))

Christopher George

(George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited))

Elaine Devry

(Prostitute #1 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Sharon DeBord

(Prostitute #2 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Sue Ane Langdon

(Prostitute #3 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Jackie Joseph

(Prostitute #4 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Jackie Russell

(Prostitute #5 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Forrest Tucker

(The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited))

Robert Colbert

(A Future Man (archive footage) (uncredited))

Jenny Sullivan

(The Water Girl (archive footage) (uncredited))

Jane Howard

('La Choucroute' (archive footage) (uncredited))

Bill McKinney

(Frédéric's Agressor #1 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward

(Frédéric's Agressor #2 (archive footage) (uncredited))

Josh Albee

(Steven's New Friend (archive footage) (uncredited))

Pamela Tiffin

(Bikini Girl (archive footage) (uncredited))

Valentina Cortese

(The Helicopter Man's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited))

Russell Evans

(Julien Lepers (archive footage) (uncredited))

Lyle Bettger

(Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited))

Michael Dante

('Le Manchot' (archive footage) (uncredited))

Gary Grimes

(George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited))

Roy Jenson

(Goon (archive footage) (uncredited))

Gila Golan

(Professor Hammond's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited))

Al Lettieri

(Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited))

Richard Kelton

(Gaël (archive footage) (uncredited))

Eddie Albert

(The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited))

Teddy Wilson

(Huggy's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited))

Penny Fuller

(Sosso (archive footage) (uncredited))

Florence Pepper

('La Grosse Vache' (archive footage) (uncredited))