Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...

• Gaumont International
• Jean Lefebvre
• Dany Carrel
• Bernard Blier
• Robert Dalban
• Bernadette Lafont
• Paul Préboist
• Yves Robert
• André Pousse