Film

The Nabob Affair

1960 · 1h 30m · Comedy

IMDb

5.3

Serge, alias Count Fornari, is hired by a mysterious employer to try to steal the Nabob, an exceptionally valuable diamond that Jeannette, alias Aménita (Perrette Pradier), the companion of a billionaire, wears as a locket. She covets the diamond and steals it from the safe. About to be caught in the act, she keeps it hidden in a handkerchief in her hand and manages to conceal it in Serge's pocket during the hotel ball. When she rejoins the billionaire, he asks her to open her hand, but the diamond is gone. The result is a chase full of misunderstandings and twists and turns between the three protagonists.

Paul Guers

Serge Duval

Perrette Pradier

Jeannette aka 'Amenita'

O.E. Hasse

The Prince

Sonja Ziemann

Billionaire

Mary Marquet

Hotelier

Georges Alban

Commissioner Bouchard

Gérard Darrieu

Inspector Bertrand

Bob Lerick

Prince's chauffeur

Jean-Pierre Lorrain

Priest

Jean Luisi

Worker

Dan Sturkie

Billionaire

Jean-Pierre Zola

Hotel director

• Ralph HabibDirector
• Jean Bernard-LucWriter
• Sacha GuitryWriter

Release date

November 16, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Comedy