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
Xavier Gélin
as Charly - le garagiste
Pierre Tornade
as Schwartz - le second complice
Tanya Lopert
as Cookie
Madeleine Renaud
as La marquise
Jean Rochefort
as Le comte Georges
Maria Schell
as La comtesse Diane
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
Marthe Keller
as Amélie, baronne de Coustines
Claude Piéplu
as Monsieur Patin
Jacques Balutin
as Max - le premier complice
Yves Montand
as Le baron César Maricorne
Clotilde Joano
as La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste
Philippe de Broca
as Un passant suédois