Le diable par la queue (1969)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Philippe de Broca

Writers:

Daniel Boulanger (writer)
Philippe de Broca (writer)

Release Date:

28 August 1969 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

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"
Clotilde Joano	...	La comtesse Jeanne (La cousine pianiste)
Claude Piéplu	...	Monsieur Patin (Le client assidu)
Tanya Lopert	...	Cookie (La minette)
Marthe Keller	...	Amélie (La jeune baronne)
Xavier Gélin	...	Charlie (Le petit garagiste)
Jacques Balutin	...	Max, un gangster
Pierre Tornade	...	Schwartz, un gangster
Jeanne Berdin	...	Mme Passereau (as Janine Berdin)
Charles Mallet	...	Le commissaire

Also Known As:

Non tirate il diavolo per la coda (Italy)
The Devil by the Tail (USA)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | USA:M

Company:

Fildebroc

One of the best French humorous movies

one of the most "charming" French films ever made - very well playd by all the actors, like Yves Montand or Martha Keller ( in her first french film ) Never boring - a good musical score with some "classical" piano music, and the filmmusic made by Delerue. The movy isn't outdaded, even if it dates from 1969 - only the very short skirt ( and I do mean SHORT !) dates the picture in the ends of the '60ies. Yves Montand plays a gangster who is stranded in the mounains of France, in a small almost broke hotel. With the help of the daughters lover ( "amant") who sabotages some cars, more guests will arrive at the hotel, and at the end, Yves Montand with the money of a bank robbery, will restore the hotel and working as the cook.