Six Hours to Lose

Six Hours to Lose (French: Six heures à perdre) is a 1947 French romance film directed by Alex Joffé and Jean Lévitte and starring André Luguet, Denise Grey and Pierre Larquey. The film has no relation to the eponymous novel of Robert Brasillach, edited posthumously in 1953.

Six Hours to Lose
Directed by	Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte
Written by	Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte
Starring	André Luguet Denise Grey Pierre Larquey
Cinematography	Pierre Montazel
Edited by	Madeleine Gug Denise Baby
Music by	Henri Dutilleux
Production company	Distributors Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	22 January 1947 (1947-01-22)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié and Guy de Gastyne.

Plot

A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll. He is not prepared to get confused with somebody else. In fact the citizens are eagerly awaiting the visit of a famous man and the clueless traveller is his doppelgänger. Soon he experiences what that means.

Cast

• André Luguet as traveller / Léopold de Witt
• Denise Grey as Misses de Witt
• Pierre Larquey as Joseph
• Paulette Dubost as Annette
• Jacqueline Pierreux as Simone
• Dany Robin as Rosy
• Louis de Funès as the driver
• Luce Fabiole as the passenger
• Marguerite de Morlaye as the rich widow
• Jean-Jacques Delbo as Claude
• Jean Gaven as Antoine