The Devil by the Tail
In 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.
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Another comedy with a very gentle sense of humor. Three generations of women inn keepers are facing a hard time due to lack of customers. The youngest convinces her boyfriend at the gas station to start sabotaging cars and suddenly the rooms are full. Yves Montand plays delightfully over the top as a gangster and Marthe Keller spends quite of bit of time showing off her legs. Subtitles in English with French audio
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- Director
- Philippe de Broca
- Starring
- Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud, Maria Schell, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marthe Keller, Claude Piéplu, Xavier Gélin
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