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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Name: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Director: Yves Robert
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1972
Rating: 7
Cast: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc, Paul Le Person

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

1972 · Directed by Yves Robert · 90 min · Comedy · Mystery · 8 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Yves Robert
Written by: Francis Veber
Cinematography: René Mathelin
Edited by: Ghislaine Desjonquères
Music: Vladimir Cosma
Production design: Théobald Meurisse
Produced by: Yves Robert, Alain Poiré

Cast

Pierre Richard as François Perrin
Bernard Blier as Colonel Bernard Milan
Jean Rochefort as Colonel Louis Toulouse
Mireille Darc as Christine
Paul Le Person as Perrache
Jean Carmet as Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
Colette Castel as Paulette Lefebvre
Maurice Barrier as Chaperon, Toulouse agent
Robert Dalban as Coco, fake delivery man
Robert Castel as Georghiu, Milan agent

Production

Country: France
Language: French, Italian
Studios: Madeleine Films, Gaumont, Les Productions de la Guéville
Box office: $4,300,000
Themes: undercover, espionage, intelligence, decoy, mistaken identity, violinist, dress, misunderstanding, extramarital affair, secret service

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