The Devil by the Tail

The story

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.

Cast & crew

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