I Have an Idea | |
Director: | Roger Richebé |
Producer: | Roger Richebé |
Based On: | Tons of Money by Will Evans and Arthur Valentine |
Starring: | Raimu Simone Deguyse Félix Oudart |
Cinematography: | André Dantan Enzo Riccioni |
Studio: | La Société Parisienne du Film Parlant |
Distributor: | Paris Cinéma Location |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | France |
I Have an Idea (French: J'ai une idée) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Raimu, Simone Deguyse and Félix Oudart.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1922 West End farce Tons of Money by Will Evans and Arthur Valentine.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.
In order to avoid his creditors, a man pretends he is dead then poses as his long-lost cousin from Mexico to claim the inheritance. Things are complicated when two other cousins, one of them an imposter, attempt to launch their own claims for the money.