Not Dumb, The Bird (French: Pas folle la guêpe) is a 1972 comedy crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Françoise Rosay, Anny Duperey and Bruno Pradal. It was a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany and based on the novel Just a Matter of Time by British writer James Hadley Chase. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
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Synopsis
An eccentric and fabulously wealthy old lady Morelli-Johnson is unaware of the schemes of various of her servant including her chauffeur and nurse Marthe as well as her disinherited nephew Alain, to fraudulently alter the terms of her will. However their complex schemes are less assured than they hope.
Cast
Françoise Rosay as Mme Morelli-Johnson
Anny Duperey as Marthe
Bruno Pradal as Alain Morelli
Philippe Clay as Jack Bromfield
Olivier Hussenot as Me Weidman
Daniel Ceccaldi as Gérard Chardonnet
Henri-Jacques Huet as L'inspecteur de police judiciaire
Harald Leipnitz as Victor Masson
Alexandre Rignault as l'homme à la jambe de bois
Florence Brière as la bonne de Mme Morelli
Gabrielle Doulcet as une amie de Mme Morelli, joueuse de cartes
Madeleine Bouchez as une amie de Mme Morelli, joueuse de cartes
Madeleine Clervanne as une amie de Mme Morelli, joueuse de cartes
Gérard Dauzat as le vendeur de piano
Corinne Lahaye as la secrétaire de Gérard Chardonnet
Siegfried Rauch as l'ami de Jacques
Janine Souchon as La dame de compagnie congédiée