The Alley Cat
1985, French. Directed by Jean Beaudin.
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, and lost everything. But their dream is not dead, and a strong desire of avenging soon bring them back in business, with the help of an homeless kid, a french cook and a friendly journalist. But the old man still had trick on for them his bag...
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Jean BeaudinDirector
- Serge DupireFlorent Boissonneault
- Monique SpazianiElise Boissonneault
- Jean CarmetEgon Ratablavasky
- Julien GuiomarAurélien Picquot
- Guillaume Lemay-ThiviergeMonsieur Emile
- Miguel FernandesSlipskin
- Paul BervalMonsieur St-Onge
- Pierre BeaudryPrêtre
- Rita BibeauMme. Meloche
- Sylvain BoucherCopain d'Émile
- Yvan CanuelM. Boissoneault
- Johanne FontaineLoretta Chouinard
Details
- Released
- 28 August 1985
- Original title
- Le matou
- Country
- Canada, France, Italy
- Written by
- Lise Lemay-Rousseau
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The Alley Cat runs 141 minutes (2h 21m).
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The Alley Cat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 August 1985. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Alley Cat?
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Who directed The Alley Cat?
The Alley Cat (1985) was directed by Jean Beaudin and stars Serge Dupire, Monique Spaziani, Jean Carmet.