French Version
The French language version of The Big Pond, which was filmed simultaneously with the English version, was called La grande mare. The cast was:
- Maurice Chevalier as Pierre Mirande
- Claudette Colbert as Barbara Billings
- Henry Mortimer as Mr. Billings
- Maude Allen as Mrs. Billings
- Andrée Corday as Toinette
- William B. Williams as Ronnie
- Nat Pendleton as Pat O'Day
- Loraine Jaillet as Jennie
Writer Preston Sturges was fluent in French, but additional dialogue was provided by Jacques Bataille-Henri. The technical credits for the two versions are the same, except the editing for the French version was done by Barney Rogan.
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