The Devil by the Tail
In Theaters
February 7, 1969
Runtime: 1h 30m
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.
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Cast & Crew
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
- CM
Charles Mallet
Le commissaire
- ER
Eddy Roos
Monsieur Passereau
- MM
Michèle Moyenin
Une passante à la recherche du baron César
Philippe de Broca
Un passant suédois
Philippe de Broca
Director
Daniel Boulanger
Writer
Claude Sautet
Writer
Media
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