The Devil by the Tail (1969)
Aw, hell
1969 · 1h 30m · Comedy
Genres: 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
Writers: Claude Sautet, Daniel Boulanger
Music by: Georges Delerue
Cinematography: Jean Penzer
Editor: Françoise Javet
Rated 6.1/10 by 57 viewers
Cast
Yves Montand as Le baron César MaricorneMadeleine Renaud as La marquiseMaria Schell as La comtesse DianeJean Rochefort as Le comte GeorgesJean-Pierre Marielle as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"Marthe Keller as Amélie, baronne de CoustinesClaude Piéplu as Monsieur PatinXavier Gélin as Charly - le garagisteJacques Balutin as Max - le premier complicePierre Tornade as Schwartz - le second compliceTanya Lopert as CookieClotilde Joano as La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianisteMore like this
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