The Devil by the Tail (1969)
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Aw, hell
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.
- Released: 1969-02-07
- Genres: Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 30m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 57 votes
Directed by Philippe de Broca.
Top cast
- Yves Montand as Le baron César Maricorne
- Madeleine Renaud as La marquise
- Maria Schell as La comtesse Diane
- Jean Rochefort as Le comte Georges
- Jean-Pierre Marielle as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
- Marthe Keller as Amélie, baronne de Coustines
- Claude Piéplu as Monsieur Patin
- Xavier Gélin as Charly - le garagiste
- Jacques Balutin as Max - le premier complice
- Pierre Tornade as Schwartz - le second complice
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