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Director:
Philippe de Broca
Writers:
Philippe de Broca (writer)
Vittorio Caprioli (writer)
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Release Date:
23 November 1973 (France) more
Plot:
Francois Merlin is an espionnage-book writer. He likes to mix every-day character he can met in his book... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Bob Saint-Clair / François Merlin

Jacqueline Bisset ... Tatiana / Christine
Vittorio Caprioli ... Karpof / Charron
Hans Meyer ... Colonel Collins
Monique Tarbès ... Mrs. Berger
Mario David
Bruno Garcin ... Pilu
Raymond Gérôme ... General Pontaubert
Jean Lefebvre ... The electrician
Fabrizio Moresco
André Weber ... The plumber
Hubert Deschamps ... Le vendeur
Bernard Musson ... Interpreter
Thalie Frugès ... Publishing House Hostess
René Barrera ... The Chinese / The Bride
Rodrigo Puebla ... Benson (as Rodrigo A. Puebla)
Jean-Pierre Rambal ... The Lecturer
Gaëtan Noël ... Doctor
Micha Bayard
Roger Muni
Victor Jarson
Caline Bautte
Claude Salino
Jean-Paul Jarre
Max Desrau
Robert Berri (as Robert Berry)
Lucienne Legrand
Guy Simonnet
Sébastien Floche
Laure Moutoussamy ... Une amie de Charron
Michel Thomass ... Le faux pope
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre Assena ... Jean (uncredited)
Maurice Auzel ... Mécanicien aéroport (uncredited)
Jack Berard ... Interpreter (uncredited)
Philippe de Broca ... Un plombier (uncredited)
Henry Czarniak ... (uncredited)

Raoul Guylad ... The Albanian (uncredited)
Charly Koubesserian ... Guard (uncredited)
Louis Navarre ... Intrepreter (uncredited)
Jacques Wajsmark ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Philippe de Broca 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Philippe de Broca  writer
Vittorio Caprioli  writer
Jean-Paul Rappeneau  writer
Francis Veber  uncredited

Produced by
Robert Amon .... associate producer
Georges Dancigers .... producer
Alexandre Mnouchkine .... producer
 
Original Music by
Claude Bolling 
 
Cinematography by
René Mathelin 
 
Film Editing by
Henri Lanoë 
 
Art Direction by
François de Lamothe 
 
Set Decoration by
Robert Christidès 
 
Makeup Department
Marc Blanchard .... key hair stylist
Charly Koubesserian .... key makeup artist
 
Production Management
Alain Belmondo .... production manager
Alain Pancrazi .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aboyantz .... assistant director
Claude Gorsky .... assistant director
Jesús Marín .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Jacques Brizzio .... assistant decorator (as Jack Brizio)
Pierre Duquesne .... assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Jean Labussière .... sound engineer
Jean Nény .... sound engineer
 
Special Effects by
Georges Iaconelli .... special effects
León Ortega .... special effects
André Pierdel .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Bordas .... assistant camera
Maurice Chapiron .... still photographer
Jean-Paul Cornu .... assistant camera
Jean-Paul Schwartz .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Monique André .... assistant editor
Catherine Dubeau .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
René Chateau .... press attache
Suzanne Durrenberger .... script supervisor
Elisabeth Manet-Schwatz .... production secretary
Janine Ruault .... administrator
Armando Solís .... administrator
Louis Trinoner .... administrator
Georges Aminel .... voice dubbing: Karpof/Charron/Colonel Collins (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Come si distrugge la reputazione del più grande agente segreto del mondo (Italy)
How to Destroy the Reputation of the Greatest Secret Agent... (UK)
The Magnificient Secret Agent (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:
95 min | France:93 min | Germany:94 min
Country:
France | Italy
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
7th highest grossing movie in France for its year. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In Tatiana's bungalow, Bob Sinclar watches a movie screen displaying the shark attack of the opening scene. The cigarette smoke disappears behind the screen, showing that the film with the shark was added after the scene was shot. more
Quotes:
Bob Saint-Clair: Ah, betrayed! more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Bob le magnifique (1998) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Cucurrucucu Paloma more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Surreal Camp, 10 January 2004
Author: Rob Williams from Los Angeles, CA

There are some cornball aspects to this film, but it also incredibly inspired in many ways. It is best not to read a bunch of summaries of the plot, just watch it and revel in the imagery which is fantastic in many parts. Belmondo is fantastic as is Jacqueline Bisset. If you already found sixties spy/agent films campy, this film will be a wonderful release, but also a haunting pastiche of dark humor on the whole genre. The jokes are layered very thick, not all of them hit, but compared to the campy schtick done in hollywood, this is shakespearean.

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