Overview
In 1925 what may have been the first cycling film was made, Le Roi de la Pédale starring the popular comedy actor Biscot, and with scenes shot on the Tour de France and also with Henri Decoin as a screenwriter.
Director and cast
- Maurice Champreux Director
- Georges Biscot as Fortuné Richard
- Blanche Montel as Simone Piérard
- Jean Murat as Jacquemart
- Piérard as Le directeur sportif
- Bouboule as Bouboule de gomme
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent Cast
- Henri-Amédée Charpentier as Le père Anatole
- Émile Vervet Cast
- Ernest-Henri Demanne Cast
- Henriette Clairval-Terof Cast
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