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.
Cast
Lino Ventura
Francis Lagneau
Francis Blanche
Boris Vassiliev
Bernard Blier
Eusebio Cafarelli
Mireille Darc
Amaranthe
Jess Hahn
Commodore O'Brien
André Weber
Rudolphe Rossini
Louis Arbessier
Swiss colonel
Jacques Balutin
Customs officer
Françoise Giret
Mrs. Pauline
Violette Marceau
Lucienne, aka Rosalinde
Anne-Marie Blot
One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters
Yves Elliot
Unknown
Jean-Pierre Moutier
Employee of the Colonel
Michel Duplaix
Barbouze with Fiduc
Gérard Darrieu
Agent Fiduc
Luce Bonifassy
Unknown
Lutz Gabor
German Colonel
Raoul Saint-Yves
Sleeper employee
Philippe Castelli
Istanbul hotel receptionist
Robert Secq
Constantin Benard Shah
Charles Millot
Hans Müller
Noël Roquevert
Colonel Lanoix
Ham Chau Luong
Chinese on the train (uncredited)
Michel Dacquin
Barbouze of the train (uncredited)
Robert Dalban
Truck driver (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
Customs officer (uncredited)
Marius Gaidon
Stabbed spy (uncredited)
Georges Guéret
American in Lisbon (uncredited)
Monique Mélinand
Mrs. Lagneau (uncredited)
Pierre-Jean Vaillard
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Georges Lautner
Director
Albert Simonin
Writer
Michel Audiard
Writer
Michelle David
Editor
Maurice Fellous
Director of Photography
Jean Mottet
Producer
Robert Sussfeld
Producer
Jacques d'Ovidio
Production Design
Micheline Chaperon
Makeup Artist
René Longuet
Sound Editor
Michel Magne
Original Music Composer
Louis Germain
Set Decoration
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