How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.

Comedy Drama

Bernard Blier

(Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”))

Dominique Davray

(Madame Blanche, wife of Charles (segment “La Fermeture”))

Henri Virlogeux

(Regular doctor of the brothel (segment "La Fermeture"))

Frank Villard

(Marcel Froment, boss of the “Panier Fleuri”, Toulon (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”))

Jacques Marin

(Second-hand dealer and mover who buys furniture (segment "La Fermeture"))

Yori Bertin

(Colette, boarder (segment "La Fermeture" & “Le Procès”))

Michèle Bardollet

(Boarder (segment "La Fermeture"))

Jean Lefebvre

(Léonard Maburon, “Léo le solitaire”, burglar (segment "Le Procès"))

Andréa Parisy

(Baroness Seychelles du Hautpas, born Lucette Granu (segment "Le Procès"))

Pierre Bertin

(President of the tribunal (segment "Le Procès"))

Jean Carmet

(Paulo, accomplice of Léonard Maburon (segment "Le Procès"))

Darry Cowl

(Léonard Maburon's defense lawyer (segment "Le Procès"))

Bernard Dhéran

(Lawyer of Baroness Seychelles du Hautpas (segment "Le Procès"))

Albert Michel

(Court clerk (segment "Le Procès"))

Louis de Funès

(Léon Haudepin, general insurance agent (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Mireille Darc

(Marie Truchet, aka 'Éloïse' (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Jean Richard

(Paul Arnaud, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Bernadette Lafont

(Sophie, prostitute (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

María Rosa Rodríguez

(Carmen, Spanish prostitute (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Gianna Serra

(Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Hubert Deschamps

(Judge Hardouin, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Gabriel Gobin

(Maître Leproux, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Jean-Pierre Moutier

(Léon Haudepin's deputy (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Albert Rémy

(Police Inspector Grannu (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Guy Grosso

(Gédeon, pimp (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Régine Motte

(Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Lydie Muguet

(Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants"))

Françoise Vatel

(Boarder (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited))

Micheline Luccioni

(Carmen, boarder with varices (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited))

Catherine Samie

(Boarder (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited))

Margarette

(Boarder (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited))

Jacques Legras

(Swiss customer of the "auto show" (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited))

Jean-Luc Bideau

(Swiss customer of the "auto show" (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited))

Aline Bertrand

(Mrs. Pauline, former resident... retired (segment “La Fermeture” & "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Josy Guadel

(Former boarder (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Bernard Musson

(Assessor judge (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Paul Mercey

(Lucette's client with a dog (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Édouard Francomme

(Man carrying files to the court (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Adrien Cayla-Legrand

(Brigadier in tribunal (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Billy Kearns

(James J. Gordon, wealthy Texan, lover of the Baroness (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited))

Louis Viret

(Photographer of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited))

Philippe Castelli

(Mr. Boudu, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited))

Lucien Frégis

(Member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited))

Andrée Tainsy

(Germaine, Léon's housekeeper (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited))

Juliet Mills

(Nurse (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited))

Philippe Castelli

(Narrator (uncredited))