Lino Ventura
as Francis Lagneau
The Great Spy Chase
1964
•
6.8
•
Comedy, Action, Thriller
•
108m
FR
• French
Director: Georges Lautner
Writers: Albert Simonin, Michel Audiard
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
Francis Blanche
as Boris Vassiliev
Bernard Blier
as Eusebio Cafarelli
Mireille Darc
as Amaranthe
Jess Hahn
as Commodore O'Brien
André Weber
as Rudolphe Rossini
Louis Arbessier
as Swiss colonel
Jacques Balutin
as Customs officer
Françoise Giret
as Mrs. Pauline
Violette Marceau
as Lucienne, aka Rosalinde
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Anne-Marie Blot
as One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters
Yves Elliot
Jean-Pierre Moutier
as Employee of the Colonel
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Michel Duplaix
as Barbouze with Fiduc
Gérard Darrieu
as Agent Fiduc
Luce Bonifassy
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Lutz Gabor
as German Colonel
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Raoul Saint-Yves
as Sleeper employee
Philippe Castelli
as Istanbul hotel receptionist
Robert Secq
as Constantin Benard Shah
Charles Millot
as Hans Müller
Noël Roquevert
as Colonel Lanoix
Ham Chau Luong
as Chinese on the train (uncredited)
Michel Dacquin
as Barbouze of the train (uncredited)
Robert Dalban
as Truck driver (uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps
as Customs officer (uncredited)
Marius Gaidon
as Stabbed spy (uncredited)
Georges Guéret
as American in Lisbon (uncredited)
Monique Mélinand
as Mrs. Lagneau (uncredited)
Pierre-Jean Vaillard
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
