The Little Zouave

The Little Zouave (French: Au p'tit zouave) is a 1950 French comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring François Périer, Dany Robin and Marie Daëms.^[1][2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directorRaymond Druart.

The plot revolves around a café The Little Zouave in a working-class district of Paris, frequented by a variety of characters including its owner who acts as a fence for stolen items. When a new customer arrives and evasively describes himself as a journalist they suspect he make in fact be an undercover policeman.

• François Périer as Monsieur Denis
• Dany Robin as Hélène
• Marie Daëms as Olga
• Jacques Morel as Félix Lambert
• Alice Field as Madame Billot
• Robert Le Fort as Un habitué du P'tit Zouave
• Bernard Lajarrige as Louis
• Paul Azaïs as Adolphe
• Marcel Delaître as Un inspecteur
• Émile Genevois as Le vendeur de journaux
• Renaud Mary as Eugène
• Arthur Devère as Le père Aubin – le croque-mort
• Robert Dalban as Armand Billot
• Henri Crémieux as Monsieur Florent
• Annette Poivre as Fernande
• Paul Frankeur as Le commissaire Bonnet
• Yves Deniaud as Henri

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Little Zouave at IMDb