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Carom Shots (1963)

Carom Shots poster
Original title
Carambolages
Directed by
Marcel Bluwal
Genre
comedy film, crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a series of comedic mishaps involving a stolen car and a case of mistaken identity. He tries to untangle himself from the mess while a detective closes in.

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What happens

Carom Shots (French: Carambolages) is a 1963 French black comedy film directed by Marcel Bluwal. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. The French crime writer Fred Kassak felt his novel had been betrayed by the filmmakers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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