The Devil by the Tail

The Devil by the Tail

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 7, 1969

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.

The Devil by the Tail

90 mins | Comedy | Feb. 7, 1969

The Devil by the Tail
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Les Productions Artistes Associés, Fildebroc, Produzioni Associate Delphos
Original title Le diable par la queue
Directors Philippe de Broca
Writers Claude Sautet, Daniel Boulanger

Cast

Yves Montand

as Le baron César Maricorne

Madeleine Renaud

as La marquise

Maria Schell

as La comtesse Diane

Jean Rochefort

as Le comte Georges

Jean-Pierre Marielle

as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"

Marthe Keller

as Amélie, baronne de Coustines

Claude Piéplu

as Monsieur Patin

Xavier Gélin

as Charly - le garagiste

Jacques Balutin

as Max - le premier complice

Pierre Tornade

as Schwartz - le second complice

Tanya Lopert

as Cookie