The Alley Cat
The Alley Cat

The Alley Cat

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1985
2h 21m
5.1(8 votes)
Drama

Overview

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...

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Société Radio-Canada
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Cast & Crew

34 members
Acting

Serge Dupire

Florent Boissonneault

Serge Dupire
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Monique Spaziani

Elise Boissonneault

Monique Spaziani
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Jean Carmet

Egon Ratablavasky

Jean Carmet
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Julien Guiomar

Aurélien Picquot

Julien Guiomar
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Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge

Monsieur Emile

Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
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Miguel Fernandes

Slipskin

Miguel Fernandes
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Paul Berval

Monsieur St-Onge

Paul Berval
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Pierre Beaudry

Prêtre

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Rita Bibeau

Mme. Meloche

Rita Bibeau
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Sylvain Boucher

Copain d'Émile

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Yvan Canuel

M. Boissoneault

Yvan Canuel
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Johanne Fontaine

Loretta Chouinard

Johanne Fontaine
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Isabel García Lorca

Rosine

Isabel García Lorca
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Robert Gravel

Policier

Robert Gravel
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Christian Joly

Philippe

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Patricia Karim

Mlle. Relique

Patricia Karim
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Rita Lafontaine

Mme. Boissonneault

Rita Lafontaine
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Pauline Lapointe

Rachel Godin

Pauline Lapointe
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Daniel LeBlanc

Jose Biondi

Daniel LeBlanc
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Marc Legault

Fermier

Marc Legault
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Gaston Lepage

Bertrand

Gaston Lepage
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Pierre Lépine

Garçon du village

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Jean-Pierre Masson

Maire Meloche

Jean-Pierre Masson
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Louis-Michel Morin

Policier

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Julien Poulin

Rosario Gladu

Julien Poulin
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Thuryn Pranke

Livreur

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Robert Provost

Client binerie

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Francis Reddy

Ange-Albert

Francis Reddy
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Jean Rougerie

Préposé hôtel

Jean Rougerie
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Paul Savoie

Antiquaire Beaumont

Paul Savoie
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Septimiu Sever

Chauffeur corbillard

Septimiu Sever
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Sam Stone

Mr. Spufferbug

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Mireille Thibault

Mme. Jobin

Mireille Thibault
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Kim Yaroshevskaya

La voisine

Kim Yaroshevskaya

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