François Chotard, wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet, a writer who prefers dreaming to working, a situation conducive to quarrels between the son and the father- in-law. Until the day when Julien receives the Prix Goncourt, prestigious literary award. Chotard has a sudden change of heart.

Jeanne Boitel
as Reine

Fernand Charpin
as Chotard

Georges Pomiès
as Julien Collinet

Jane Loury
as Marie Chotard

Max Dalban
as le commissaire

Louis Seigner
as le Capitaine

Robert Seller
as le Commandant

Fabien Loris
as un invité du bal

Jeanne Lory
as Marie Chotard

Louis Tunc
as le Sous-préfet