The biggest grossing movie of its year in France.
Last Henri Verneuil movie with Fernandel, after seven other collaborations ("Le Boulanger de Valorgue" (1952), "Le Fruit défendu" (1952), "La Table aux crevés" (1952), "Carnaval" (1953), "L'Ennemi public n°1" (1953), "Le Mouton à cinq pattes" (1954) et "Le Grand chef" (1959).