The Fighting Drummer

{{short description|1953 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fighting Drummer | image =File:The Fighting Drummer.jpg | caption = | director = [[Georges Combret]] | producer = Georges Combret | writer ={{ubl|[[Claude Boissol]]|Georges Combret|[[Louis d'Yvré]]}} | narrator = | starring = | music = [[Hubert Giraud (composer)|Hubert Giraud]] | cinematography = [[Pierre Petit (cinematographer)|Pierre Petit]] | editing = [[Germaine Fouquet]] | studio =Radius Productions | distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] (France) | released = {{Film date|1953|01|14|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = France | language = [[French language|French]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Fighting Drummer''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Tambour battant'''}}) is a 1953 French [[comedy film]] directed by [[Georges Combret]].<ref>Rège p.245</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Marcel Magniez]].

==Cast== <small>In alphabetical order</small> * [[Alfred Adam]] as Favrol * [[Roland Armontel]] as Albert Gambier * [[Charles Bouillaud]] as Arthur * [[Rita Castel]] * [[André Cornille]] * [[Lou Darley]] * [[Louis de Funès]] as Le maître d'armes * [[Paul Demange (actor)|Paul Demange]] * [[Albert Duvaleix]] as Marescot * [[Claude Evelyne]] * [[André Gabriello]] as Bourdelas * [[Jimmy Gaillard]] as Jimmy * [[Jacques Hélian]] as Lui-même * [[Sophie Leclair]] as Nicole Gambier * [[Jean Marco]] * [[Émile Mylo]] * [[Patoum]] * [[Alice Tissot]] as Hortense Gambier - la tante

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0160960}} {{Arthur Robison}}

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