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The Great Spy Chase

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...

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.

1h 48m1964TMDb 6.9

ComedyActionThriller

French

Crew and Cast

Georges LautnerGeorges LautnerDirectorLino VenturaLino VenturaFrancis LagneauFrancis BlancheFrancis BlancheBoris VassilievBernard BlierBernard BlierEusebio CafarelliMireille DarcMireille DarcAmarantheJess HahnJess HahnCommodore O'BrienAndré WeberAndré WeberRudolphe RossiniLouis ArbessierLouis ArbessierSwiss colonelJacques BalutinJacques BalutinCustoms officerFrançoise GiretFrançoise GiretMrs. PaulineViolette MarceauViolette MarceauLucienne · aka Rosalinde
Anne-Marie BlotOne of Mrs. Pauline's daughtersYves ElliotYves ElliotJean-Pierre MoutierJean-Pierre MoutierEmployee of the Colonel
Michel DuplaixBarbouze with FiducGérard DarrieuGérard DarrieuAgent FiducLuce BonifassyLuce Bonifassy
Lutz GaborGerman Colonel
Raoul Saint-YvesSleeper employeePhilippe CastelliPhilippe CastelliIstanbul hotel receptionistRobert SecqRobert SecqConstantin Benard ShahCharles MillotCharles MillotHans MüllerNoël RoquevertNoël RoquevertColonel LanoixHam Chau LuongHam Chau LuongChinese on the trainMichel DacquinMichel DacquinBarbouze of the trainRobert DalbanRobert DalbanTruck driverHubert DeschampsHubert DeschampsCustoms officerMarius GaidonMarius GaidonStabbed spyGeorges GuéretGeorges GuéretAmerican in LisbonMonique MélinandMonique MélinandMrs. LagneauPierre-Jean VaillardPierre-Jean VaillardNarrator (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Info

Original title
Les Barbouzes
Status
Released
Released
10 December 1964
Runtime
1h 48m
TMDB score
6.9 / 10 (170 votes)

Production

Director
Georges Lautner
Writers
Albert Simonin, Michel Audiard
Studios
Corona Cinematografica, S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica
Countries
France, Italy

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
French