Le Million
- IMDb link: 0022150
- IMDb rating: 7.3 (4,061 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Musical
- Director: Rene Clair
- Cast: Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier and others
- Release date: 4 Feb 1931
- Release year: 1931
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Country: France
- Keywords: betrayal by a friend, france, co written by director, financial crisis, told in flashback, fiance fiancee relationship, neighbor, creditor, criminal gang, taxi driver
Plot:
Michel, a Parisian artist, is being hounded by numerous impatient creditors. To make things worse, when he is embracing the woman whose portrait he is painting, he is surprised by his indignant fiancee Beatrice. Suddenly, Michel learns that he holds the winning ticket in the Dutch Lottery. But when he goes to retrieve the ticket from the pocket of his jacket, he finds that Beatrice has given the jacket to a stranger who was in need. Now everyone has a keen interest in finding that jacket.