The Great Spy Chase (1964)
- Original title
- Les Barbouzes
- Directed by
- Georges Lautner
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 163 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Agents from different countries compete to get secret weapons plans from the young widow of a dead arms dealer. It is a French comedy caper with a lot of trickery and double-crossing.
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What happens
Les Barbouzes (Barbouze being French slang for a spy, deriving from the idea that spies hide behind false beards) is a 1964 French cult comedy film, screened in the United States as The Great Spy Chase. Starring Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier and Mireille Darc, with dialogue by Michel Audiard, it is an espionage caper built around the efforts of agents from various countries to extract valuable weaponry patents from the young and attractive widow of an international arms dealer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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