Short Head

{{Infobox film | name = Short Head | image = File:Short Head.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Norbert Carbonnaux | producer = Jean-Paul Guibert | writer = Michel Audiard<br />Norbert Carbonnaux<br />Albert Simonin | starring = Fernand Gravey<br />Micheline Dax <br> Jean Richard | music = Jean Prodomidès | cinematography = Roger Dormoy | editing = Jacqueline Thiédot | studio = Intermondia Films | distributor = CCFC | released = {{Film date|1956|10|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = }} '''''Short Head''''' (French: ''''' Courte tête''''') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux, written by Michel Audiard and starring Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax and Jean Richard.<ref>Vincendeau p.154</ref> The film is known under the alternative title '''''Photo Finish'''''.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0049097}}</ref>

It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

==Synopsis== Two swindlers try to cheat a provincial poultry magnate by getting him to bet on a sure loser in a major horse race.

== Cast == * Fernand Gravey as Olivier Parker, a notorious crook. posing as an equestrian coach * Micheline Dax as Lola d'Héricourt, a venturer * Jean Richard as Ferdinand Galiveau, poultry dealer and racegoer * Jacques Duby as Amédée Lucas aka fake jockey "Teddy Morton" * Darry Cowl as the receptionist at the hotel "Lutécia" * Hubert Deschamps as Le serveur 'Gay Paris' * Max Révol as the general agent for starch * Robert Murzeau as the taylor, also a racegoer * Jacques Dufilho as the stable-boy * Harry-Max as Cyril Mauvoisin, l'entraîneur * Pascal Mazzotti as Le maître d'hôtel * Annick Tanguy as La danseuse de Mambo * Louis de Funès as Father Graziani, a fake monk * Guy Bedos as Fred Campuche * Paul Bisciglia as Un chasseur de l'hôte

== References == {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Ginette Vincendeau. ''Stars and Stardom in French Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0049097}} * [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Courte_tete_1956_rev.html Courte tête (1956)] at the ''Films de France''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Short Head}} Category:1956 films Category:French sports comedy films Category:1950s sports comedy films Category:1956 French-language films Category:French black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Norbert Carbonnaux Category:Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard Category:Films with screenplays by Albert Simonin Category:French horse racing films Category:1956 French films Category:French-language sports comedy films