Le Roi des Champs-Élysées is a 1934 French comedy starring Buster Keaton. This French-made film has Keaton playing two roles, as an aspiring actor, and as an American gangster. A closing gag has the typically deadpan Keaton breaking out into a big grin after being kissed.
Most all of Keaton's dialogue, in French, is dubbed. The film was never theatrically released in the United States.
Synopsis
Le chef de bande Jim le Balafré joue le gangster au grand cœur et jette dans la rue, pour la plus grande joie des piétons, les billets de banque qu'il a volés.
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