The Great Spy Chase

The Great Spy Chase

105 mins | Comedy, Action, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 10, 1964

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.

The Great Spy Chase

105 mins | Comedy, Action, Thriller, Mystery | Dec. 10, 1964

The Great Spy Chase
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Corona Cinematografica, American International Pictures, Ultra Film, S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica
Original title Les Barbouzes
Directors Georges Lautner
Writers Albert Simonin, Michel Audiard

Cast

Lino Ventura

as Francis Lagneau

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

Anne-Marie Blot

as One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters

Jean-Pierre Moutier

as Employee of the Colonel

Michel Duplaix

as Barbouze with Fiduc

Gérard Darrieu

as Agent Fiduc

Lutz Gabor

as German Colonel

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)