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

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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