Comedy ·Action ·Thriller · France · 1964 · 1h 45m

The Great Spy Chase

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Director
Georges Lautner
Cast
Lino Ventura as Francis Lagneau Francis Blanche as Boris Vassiliev Bernard Blier as Eusebio Cafarelli Mireille Darc as Amaranthe Jess Hahn as Commodore O'Brien André Weber as Rudolphe Rossini
Crew
Maurice Fellous — Director of Photography Michelle David — Editor Michel Magne — Original Music Composer Albert Simonin — Writer Michel Audiard — Writer Jean Mottet — Producer
Tagline

RUN...love takes you where the spies are...PURSUE...women who are curved like weapons...Hide...with the one you seek...and the sparks fly upward...

Synopsis

A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.

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Mood & Themes
espionagewidowcastlespoofsecret service
Key Collaborators
Georges Lautner Director Maurice Fellous Director of Photography Michelle David Editor Michel Magne Original Music Composer Albert Simonin Writer Michel Audiard Writer Jean Mottet Producer Robert Sussfeld Producer Jacques d'Ovidio Production Design
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