The White Truck

The White Truck (French: Le camion blanc) is a 1943 French comedy drama film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy and François Périer.^[1]

The White Truck
Theatrical film poster
French	Le camion blanc
Directed by	Léo Joannon
Written by	André-Paul Antoine André Cayatte Léo Joannon
Produced by	Léo Joannon
Starring	Jules Berry Blanchette Brunoy François Périer
Cinematography	Nikolai Toporkoff
Edited by	Jacques Grassi
Music by	Louis Pasquier Roger Roger
Production company	MAIC
Distributed by	Regina Distribution
Release date	24 March 1943 (1943-03-24)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.

Plot

A young garage mechanic is hired for an unusual assignment, to drive a white truck around France carrying the corpse of a famed gypsy leader.

Cast

• Jules Berry as Shabbas - the chief of the northern gypsies
• Blanchette Brunoy as Germaine
• François Périer as François Ledru - a young mechanic
• Fernand Charpin as Courbassié - gypsies' southern ambassador
• Marguerite Moreno as The King's Widow
• Roger Karl as Acho
• Mila Parély as Madame Dupont
• Jean Parédès as Ernest
• Marcelle Monthil as Germaine's mother
• Charles Lemontier as Germaine's father
• Edmond Beauchamp as gypsy
• Robert Berri as pump attendant
• Georges Bever as ticket inspector