Le Roi des resquilleurs

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Le Roi des resquilleurs is a French film directed by Pierre Colombier, released in 1930. It was distributed in the US as The King of the Gate Crashers.

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The film

The film is the first of a series of films containing the character of "Bouboule", created by the singer Milton and comprising La Bande à Bouboule (1931), directed by Léon Mathot, Le Roi du cirage (1931), directed by Pierre Colombier, Bouboule Ier, roi des Nègres (1933), directed by Léon Mathot, and Prince Bouboule , directed by Jacques Houssin (1939).

Remake

A remake was released in 1945, starring Jean Devaivre and Rellys.

It was one of the most popular movies in France in 1945 with admissions of 3,679,438. [1]

Notes and references

  1. French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story


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