The Devil by the Tail (1969)
Le diable par la queue
Aw, hell
90 min
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.
- Release date
- February 7, 1969
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
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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 (La jeune baronne)
- Claude Piéplu as Monsieur Patin (Le client assidu)
- Xavier Gélin as Charlie (Le petit garagiste)
- Jacques Balutin as Max - le premier complice
- Pierre Tornade as Schwartz - le second complice
- Tanya Lopert as Cookie (La minette)
- Clotilde Joano as La comtesse Jeanne (La cousine pianiste)
- Philippe de Broca as Un passant suédois
Crew
- Philippe de Broca · Director
- Daniel Boulanger · Writer
- Claude Sautet · Writer
- Philippe de Broca · Producer
- Alberto Grimaldi · Producer
- Georges Delerue · Composer
- Jean Penzer · Cinematographer
- Françoise Javet · Editor
- Dominique André · Production designer