The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Philippe de BrocaDirector
- Daniel BoulangerWriter
- Claude SautetWriter
Cast
- Yves MontandLe baron César Maricorne
- Madeleine RenaudLa marquise
- Maria SchellLa comtesse Diane
- Jean RochefortLe comte Georges
- Jean-Pierre MarielleJean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
- Marthe KellerAmélie, baronne de Coustines
- Claude PiépluMonsieur Patin
- Xavier GélinCharly - le garagiste
- Jacques BalutinMax - le premier complice
- Pierre TornadeSchwartz - le second complice
- Tanya LopertCookie
- Clotilde JoanoLa comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste