The Two Schemers

{{short description|1938 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Two Schemers | image = The Two Schemers.jpg | caption = | director =Jacques Houssin | producer =Georges Milton Louis Gondry | based_on = | writer = Pierre Maudru Paul Schiller | narrator = | starring = Georges Milton Jules Berry Josseline Gaël | music = André Hornez Casimir Oberfeld | cinematography = Fred Langenfeld | editing = | studio = Les Productions Parisiennes | distributor = Les Films Georges Muller | released = {{Film date|1938|02|24|df=y}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} ''''' The Two Schemers''''' (French: '''''Les deux combinards''''') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Jacques Houssin and starring Georges Milton, Jules Berry and Josseline Gaël.<ref>Bessy & Chirat p.208</ref><ref>Rège p.509</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.

==Synopsis== A shady businessman hires another much poorer man to pretend to be him in order to fulfil his military service as a reservist. A series of misunderstandings eventually lead to the speculator losing all his money while the other becomes a millionaire.

==Cast== * Georges Milton as André Michaud * Jules Berry as Jacques Barisart * Josseline Gaël as Lucette * Fernand Charpin as Le capitane Lambesc * Louis Baron fils as Le président du tribunal * Mady Berry as La marchande d'oeufs * Jean Témerson as Ernest - le larbin * Génia Vaury as Mme Barisart * Paul Velsa as L'avocat * Yolande Guibert as Mado * Henri Marchand as Cormoz * Pierre-Louis as Un soldat * Titys as Le témoin * Georges Bever * Jean Brochard * Hugues de Bagratide * Irène Jeanning * Rosita Montenegro * Claude Roy * Jean Tissier

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0191084}}

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