The Devil by the Tail
Le diable par la queue
Comedy
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.
1969-02-07
fr
Cast
Director
Philippe de Broca
Yves Montand as Le baron César Maricorne
Madeleine Renaud as La marquise
Maria Schell as La comtesse Diane
Jean Rochefort as Le comte Georges
Jean-Pierre Marielle as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
Marthe Keller as Amélie, baronne de Coustines
Claude Piéplu as Monsieur Patin
Xavier Gélin as Charly - le garagiste
Jacques Balutin as Max - le premier complice
Pierre Tornade as Schwartz - le second complice
Tanya Lopert as Cookie
Clotilde Joano as La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste
Janine Berdin as Madame Passereau
Philippe de Broca as Un passant suédois