Gigot
Gigot is a 1962 American comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and starring Jackie Gleason.
Plot
Gigot (Gleason) (the name means "leg of mutton" in French) is a mute Frenchman living in a cellar in the Ménilmontant district of Paris in the 1920s. He ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence as a janitor at his landlady's apartment building. He is routinely treated with condescension by neighbors and often is made the butt of practical jokes. However, he is a decent and kindhearted fellow, traits not unnoticed by children and the animals he often feeds. Gigot has one unusual predilection: he is attracted by funeral processions and finds himself attending, whether or not he ever knew the departed. He can't help but cry along with all the other mourners.
More details
author | Frank Tashlin Jackie Gleason |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | Gene Kelly |
editor | Roger Dwyre |
genre | comedy |
keywords | abandon abuse angry mob apartment building boater build bumble bureaucrat bury buy church dress fall float funeral procession good time gramophone hear hide id imitate janitor little girl ménilmontant merry-go-round morning mute muteness pass phonograph practical joke proposition prostitution river run sexual intercourse shopping spree straw boater warn |
musicBy | Jackie Gleason |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment |
producer | Kenneth Hyman |
productionCompany | Seven Arts Productions |
theme | dance |