Some Like It... Cold (1960)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 1H 30M
Director : Jean Bastia
Synopsis
The old Valmorin died 200 years ago. The notary tells the family about the inheritance: the one who is terminally ill will receive the money. They all try their luck with getting ill before the other so one family member pretends to be deaf, another pretends to have a terrible back ache and so on...
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