Would-Be Gentleman

Release Date: 1958-11-19

Overview: M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about Dorante's expenses and prefers her daughter Lucile to marry Cléonte. The two young men's servants use subterfuge to get M. Jourdain to accept Cléonte as son-in-law. They fake the arrival of the Grand Turk's son in Paris, and, in an Oriental ballet, confer upon M. Jourdain the title of Mammamouchi, his daughter marrying the son of the Grand Turk, who is none other than Cléonte in disguise.

Rating: 8 / 10

Cast

Jean Meyer

as Covielle, Cléonte's valet

Louis Seigner

as Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois

Robert Manuel

as the music master

Georges Chamarat

as the master of philosophy

Jean Piat

as Cléonte, in love with Lucile