The Devil by the Tail
Le diable par la queue
Release: 1969-02-07
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.1
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Produzioni Associate Delphos
Fildebroc
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Cast
Jean Rochefort
as Le comte Georges
Marthe Keller
as Amélie, baronne de Coustines
Claude Piéplu
as Monsieur Patin
Pierre Tornade
as Schwartz - le second complice
Yves Montand
as Le baron César Maricorne
Maria Schell
as La comtesse Diane
Tanya Lopert
as Cookie
Philippe de Broca
as Un passant suédois
Clotilde Joano
as La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste
Madeleine Renaud
as La marquise
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
Xavier Gélin
as Charly - le garagiste
Jacques Balutin
as Max - le premier complice
