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The Great Spy Chase
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.
1964 · Directed by Georges Lautner · 108 min · Comedy · Action · Thriller · 10 frames
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...
Crew
- Written by: Albert Simonin, Michel Audiard
- Cinematography: Maurice Fellous
- Edited by: Michelle David
- Music: Michel Magne
- Production design: Jacques d'Ovidio
- Produced by: Robert Sussfeld, Jean Mottet
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
- Louis Arbessier as Swiss colonel
- Jacques Balutin as Customs officer
- Françoise Giret as Mrs. Pauline
- Violette Marceau as Lucienne, aka Rosalinde
Production
- Country: France, Italy
- Language: French
- Studios: Corona Cinematografica, S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica, Ultra Film
- Themes: espionage, widow, castle, spoof, secret service
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