The Devil by the Tail
1969•U•1h 30m•6.1•Released
Comedy
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
Director
Philippe de Broca
Writer
Claude Sautet, Daniel Boulanger
Languages
French
Studio
Produzioni Associate Delphos
Cast
Yves Montand
Le baron César Maricorne
Madeleine Renaud
La marquise
Maria Schell
La comtesse Diane
Jean Rochefort
Le comte Georges
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
Marthe Keller
Amélie, baronne de Coustines
Claude Piéplu
Monsieur Patin
Xavier Gélin
Charly - le garagiste
Jacques Balutin
Max - le premier complice
Pierre Tornade
Schwartz - le second complice
Tanya Lopert
Cookie
Clotilde Joano
La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste
Janine Berdin
Madame Passereau
Charles Mallet
Le commissaire
Eddy Roos
Monsieur Passereau
Production
Company
Produzioni Associate Delphos
Company
Fildebroc
Company
Les Productions Artistes Associés
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