Le Roi des Champs-Élysées is a 1934 French comedy starring Buster Keaton. This French-made film has Keaton playing two roles, as an aspiring actor, and as an American gangster. A closing gag has the typically deadpan Keaton breaking out into a big grin after being kissed.

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Le Roi des Champs-Élysées
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMax Nosseck
Written by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byJean Delannoy
Music byJoe Hajos
Distributed byParamount Pictures (France)
Release date
  • 11 December 1934 (1934-12-11)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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Most all of Keaton's dialogue, in French, is dubbed. The film was never theatrically released in the United States.

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