The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 67%. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
503 audience votes
Key crew
- Yves RobertDirector
- Yves RobertScreenplay
- Francis VeberWriter
- Vladimir CosmaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pierre RichardFrançois Perrin
- Bernard BlierColonel Bernard Milan
- Jean RochefortColonel Louis Toulouse
- Mireille DarcChristine
- Paul Le PersonPerrache
- Jean CarmetMaurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
- Colette CastelPaulette Lefebvre
- Maurice BarrierChaperon, Toulouse agent
- Robert DalbanCoco, fake delivery man
- Robert CastelGeorghiu, Milan agent
- Jean ObéBotrel, Milan agent
- Jean SaudrayPoucet, Toulouse agent
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Themes
undercoverespionageintelligencedecoymistaken identityviolinistdressmisunderstandingextramarital affairsecret serviceprofessional jealousy
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