Comedy
The Devil by the Tail
“Aw, hell”
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.
Directed by Philippe de Broca
61
User score
57 votes
Status
Released
Released
February 7, 1969
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
French
Top 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
Charles Mallet
Le commissaire
Eddy Roos
Monsieur Passereau
Michèle Moyenin
Une passante à la recherche du baron César
Philippe de Broca
Un passant suédois
