Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
as Priape Boudu
as Emma Lestingois
as Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
as Vigour
as Godin
as L'Étudiant
as Édouard Lestingois
as la petite fille
as Le Poète (uncredited)
as Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
as la jeune femme au chien perdu
as Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)
