A small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique Darzel, one of the troupe's singers, spots an angler whose resemblance to Fernand Raynaud strikes her. She discusses this with Jean Duroc, the troupe's director, who laments the meagre revenues his show is raking in. He then had the idea of meeting this fisherman to convince him to imitate Fernand Raynaud in his shows. It turns out that the Fernand Raynaud impersonator is in fact Fernand Raynaud himself, who has come for a week's incognito vacation in the provinces. Raynaud is finally persuaded to play the novice comedian, in order to further develop the script for his next film, Les cabotins à travers les âges.
as Fernand Raynaud/Antoine Gaspard
as Paula Korane, une chanteuse de la troupe
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre
as Monique Darzel, une chanteuse de la troupe
as Jacques Meunier, l'impresario de Fernand Raynaud
as Frédérico, l'illusionniste de la troupe
as Yvon Bernard, le chanteur de charme de la troupe
as Pierjan, un homme de la troupe
as le régisseur de la troupe
as Ludovic Morin, le pianiste de la troupe
