The Devil by the Tail
1969In 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.
Acted in
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
Charles Mallet
as Le commissaire
Eddy Roos
as Monsieur Passereau
Michèle Moyenin
as Une passante à la recherche du baron César
Philippe de Broca
as Un passant suédois
