The Tiger Attacks (1959)
"Le fauve est lâché" (original title)

Director:

Maurice Labro

Writers:

Jean Redon (scenario), Claude Sautet (scenario),

Stars:

Lino Ventura, Estella Blain, Paul Frankeur

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lino Ventura	...	Paul Lamiani
Estella Blain	...	Nadine Maroux
Paul Frankeur	...	Raymond Maroux
François Chaumette	...	Paulan
Nadine Alari	...	Pierrette Lamiani
Eugene Deckers	...	Toni Luigi (as G. Deckers)
Françoise Honorat
Margo Lion	...	Camille - la tenancière
Philippe Mareuil	...	Régis
Anne Valon
André Weber	...	Walter
Hy Yanowitz	...	Un homme de main
Jess Hahn	...	Donald
Alfred Adam	...	Le colonel - chef de la D.S.T.

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

spy

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

21 January 1959 (France)

Also Known As:

The Tiger Attacks

Filming Locations:

Etretat, Seine-Maritime, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Cinéphonic, Les Productions Elan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Lino Ventura's fans might be interested.

But only them.This is routine spy thriller with a vague story of stolen documents which Ventura must recover.He was a former gangster ,then he redeemed himself during WW2, among the Resistance,but the cops want him back again and they cook him up..Hardly believable for a former resistant!But he's got to obey and the plot will involve violence ,murder,child abduction,betrayals and the whole shebang . The female lead,Estella Blain,who passed away during the eighties,was Bardot style ,as a whole lot of actresses of the era.Frédéric Dard helped for the screenplay but it was not among his best work;so did Claude Sautet who would become a renowned director in the seventies.(les choses de la vie;Vincent,François,Paul et les autres)