The Devil by the Tail (1969) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Philippe de Broca.

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
• Tanya Lopert as Cookie
• Clotilde Joano as La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste
• Janine Berdin as Madame Passereau
• Charles Mallet as Le commissaire
• Eddy Roos as Monsieur Passereau
• Michèle Moyenin as Une passante à la recherche du baron César
• Philippe de Broca as Un passant suédois

Crew

• Philippe de Broca — Director
• Claude Sautet — Writer
• Daniel Boulanger — Writer
• Jean Penzer — Director of Photography

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