Le Costaud des Batignolles

Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.

Comedy

Raymond Bussières

(Jules)

Annette Poivre

(Nénette)

Jean Ozenne

(Specialist Doctor)

Pierre Mondy

(Accomplice)

Jean Richard

(Policeman)

Gérard Oury

(Narrator (voice))

Colette Darfeuil

(Dédée)

Alexandre Rignault

('Le gorille')

Roger Saget

('Louis XIV')

Robert Le Fort

(Milou)

Serge Nadaud

(Principal curator Anselme Carillon)

Al Cabrol

(O'Riol)

François Joux

(The Doctor's assistant)

Pierre Duncan

(The butcher at the fair)

André Chanu

(The announcer of the Vél d'Hiv)

Hennery

(The organizer)

Janine Villard

Jean-Max

(Pierrot)

Matty Peters

(Hortense, the cook)

Albert Augier

(A man hit by Jules at the fair (uncredited))

Paul Azaïs

(The owner of the Mala-bar (uncredited))

Jean Droze

(An onlooker at the fair / The soldier at the fair (uncredited))

Édouard Francomme

(A spectator at the entrance to the Vél d'hiv (uncredited))

Bernard Musson

(A spectator at the Vél d'hiv (uncredited))

Raymond Pierson

(An onlooker at the fair / A spectator (uncredited))

Émile Riandreys

(A clerk from Heim (uncredited))

Sophie Sel

(A customer on the terrace of 'Chez Albert' (uncredited))