A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.

Fernandelas Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
Fernand Charpinas Uncle Baptiste Fabre
Henri Pouponas Galubert
Orane Demazisas Françoise
Léon Belièresas Meyerboom
Charles Blavetteas Martelette
Enrico Glorias Bogidar Glazunoff
Marcel Maupias Bartender