Three Feet in a Bed (1950): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1950, Three Feet in a Bed is a comedy film directed by Richard Pottier, running about 87 minutes.

What it’s about. In spite of his failures as a peddler, Casimir guaranteed his fiance that this time the vacuum cleaners will work for good. But he's still unsuccessful until he go to the appartment of Paul-Andre, a painter who was engaged by correspondence to a rich south-American woman. That's exactly when she arrive armed with a gun infuriated after she had received a rupture letter from the man she had never seen. She mistakenly took Casimir as her painter lover. Casimir his ready to flee until he learned she owned many hotels, a thousand rooms in fact. "A thousand rooms, a thousand vacuum cleaners", he suddenly think.

Who’s in it. Three Feet in a Bed stars Fernandel as Casimir, Germaine Montero as Angelita Garcia y Gonzalez, Bernard Lajarrige as Paul-André and Jacqueline Duc as Denise, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, Three Feet in a Bed has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Three Feet in a Bed page.

If you liked it. Fans of Three Feet in a Bed tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.