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The Devil by the Tail [Le diable par la queue]

Release Year
1969
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Directed By
Philippe de Broca
The Devil by the Tail

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.

Cast & Crew

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

Crew

Philippe de Broca

Director

Jean Penzer

Director of Photography

Françoise Javet

Editor

Daniel Boulanger

Adaptation

Claude Sautet

Adaptation

Claude Sautet

Writer

Daniel Boulanger

Writer

Georges Delerue

Music

Jean Labussière

Sound

Jacques Fonteray

Costumer

Claude Miller

Assistant Director

Dominique André

Decorator

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