Movie · 1993
La Classe américaine
Released 31 December 1993 More from 1993 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
FR·01
How old were they?
Burgess Meredith
as The Helicopter Man (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
as José (archive footage)
Lyle Bettger
as Famous Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum
as Yves (archive footage)
Roger Rudel
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Akim Tamiroff
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Yvonne De Carlo
as The Actor's Wife (archive footage)
Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
as The Professional Witness (archive footage)
Forrest Tucker
as The Fax Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stuart Whitman
as A Future Man (archive footage)
Slim Pickens
as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
Clark Gable
as The Actor (archive footage)
Donald Sutherland
as Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Franciscus
as Professor Hammond (archive footage)
Sue Ane Langdon
as Prostitute #3 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ned Beatty
as Frédéric (archive footage)
Christopher George
as George's Friend (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christine Delaroche
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Jan-Michael Vincent
as The Helicopter Fan (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bisset
as The Helicopter Woman (archive footage)
Patrick Guillemin
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
Elvis Presley
as The Fucking Oddball (archive footage)
Serge Hazanavicius
as Dubbing Voice (voice)
FR·02
The numbers
56years between the oldest and youngest billed
86Burgess Meredith — oldest on the call sheet
30Serge Hazanavicius — youngest billed
61average age of the credited cast