spoof be generally not popular with the mass ( except when crosby or hope or abbott or costello or woody allen be do the spoofing ) so it no surprise to discover there exist few box office viable spoof of film noir . ( i know people will claim alexander mackendrick 1955 the ladykillers and but this be actually a marvelous spoof of crime caper movie . otto heller photographic style not only shin brightly into every nook and cranny and but the story always go for the belly laugh rather than the jugular vein ) . a notable exception be the marcel carné 1937 drole de drame and in which one of the fine cast ever assemble jouvet and simon and rosay and barrault and aumont and and the lovely nadine vogel ( who make only four movie and of which this be her debut ) wrestle with a delightfully ridiculous plot that manage to get wilder and wilder a it progress from pugnacious snobbery through blatant hypocrisy to the most ridiculous cop shop misinvestigation ever present on a big budget theatre screen . schuftann atmospheric and noir photography and trauner nightmarishly sprawl set rival any similar creation from berlin or hollywood . the movie be chock full of bizarre touch and but the one that tickle me best be the sleeping journo and most amusingly play by henri guisol ( who enjoy quite a career in french who dun it and noir ) .