The Devil by the Tail (1969)

6.1/10 90 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Yves Montand

Le baron César Maricorne

Madeleine Renaud

La marquise

Maria Schell

La comtesse Diane

Jean Rochefort

Le comte Georges

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"

Marthe Keller

Amélie, baronne de Coustines

Claude Piéplu

Monsieur Patin

Xavier Gélin

Charly - le garagiste

Jacques Balutin

Max - le premier complice

Pierre Tornade

Schwartz - le second complice

Tanya Lopert

Cookie

Clotilde Joano

La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste

Janine Berdin

Madame Passereau

Philippe de Broca

Un passant suédois

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