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Louis de Funès | ... |
Antoine Brisebard
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Claude Gensac | ... |
Sylvie Brisebard
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Michel Galabru | ... |
Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
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Bernard Blier | ... |
Inspecteur Ducros
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Guy Tréjan | ... |
Maître Adrien Colas
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Ferdy Mayne | ... |
Mister Grunder
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Yvonne Clech | ... |
Cécile Grunder
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Florence Blot | ... |
Madame Cramusel
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Micheline Luccioni | ... |
Françoise
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Christiane Muller | ... |
Mathilde la bonne
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Paul Préboist | ... |
L'adjudant de gendarmerie
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Jacques Marin | ... |
Andrieux
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Jean Valmence | ... |
Le représentant
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Carlo Nell | ... |
Plumerel
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Dominique Zardi | ... |
Le Duc
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Henri Attal | ... |
Grand Louis
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Jean-Paul Blonday | ... |
Un serveur à la réception (uncredited)
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Jean Droze | ... |
Riri (uncredited)
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Marius Gaidon | ... |
Un serveur à la réception (uncredited)
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Marcel Gassouk | ... |
Le plombier (uncredited)
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Henri Guégan | ... |
Un ouvrier de Tonelotti (uncredited)
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Olivier Hémon | ... |
Un ouvrier de Tonelotti (uncredited)
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Roger Lumont | ... |
M. Jo (uncredited) (voice)
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Jacques Préboist | ... |
Un ouvrier de Tonelotti (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jean Girault |
Written by
Alec Coppel | ... | (play "The Gazebo") |
Myra Coppel | ... | (play) |
Claude Magnier | ... | (screenplay) |
Claude Magnier | ... | (dialogue) |
Jacques Vilfrid | ... | (additional dialogue) |
Jacques Vilfrid | ... | (adaptation) |
Jean Girault | ... | (adaptation) |
Produced by
Léo L. Fuchs | ... | producer |
Music by
Raymond Lefebvre | ... | (as Raymond Lefèvre) |
Cinematography by
Henri Decaë | ... | (as Henri Decae) |
Editing by
Armand Psenny |
Editorial Department
Jacques Comets | ... | assistant editor |
Makeup Department
Marc Blanchard | ... | hair stylist |
Fernande Hugi | ... | chief makeup artist |
Production Management
Alain Darbon | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aboyantz | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Sydney Bettex | ... | chief set designer |
Clément Hurel | ... | poster artist |
Guy Maugin | ... | decorative artist |
Georges Richard | ... | assistant set designer |
Enrique Sonois | ... | assistant set designer |
Maurice Terrasse | ... | property man |
Sound Department
Jacques Bareille | ... | sound recordist |
René-Christian Forget | ... | head sound technician (as René Forget) |
Guy Maillet | ... | boom operator (as Guy Henri Maillet) |
Alex Pront | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Maurice Chapiron | ... | still photographer |
Jacques Lefrançois | ... | assistant camera |
Daniel Vogel | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Colette Baudot | ... | wardrobe |
Script and Continuity Department
Colette Robin | ... | script girl |
Additional Crew
Paul Beugin | ... | accountant |
Paul Marc Fregosi | ... | publicist |
Eugène Moineau | ... | publicist |
Jean-Roch Rognoni | ... | general administrator |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1971) (France) (theatrical)
- City Film (1971) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1972) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- British Empire Films Australia (1974) (Australia) (theatrical)
- MGM-EMI (1972) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Filmjuwelen (2019) (Germany) (DVD)
- France 2 (FR2) (2009) (France) (tv)
- France 3 (1997) (France) (tv)
- France 4 (2013) (France) (tv)
- France Régions 3 (FR3) (1981) (France) (tv)
- France Régions 3 (FR3) (1986) (France) (tv)
- HD1 (2015) (France) (tv)
- IDA films (2010) (Spain) (DVD)
- Paris Première (2023) (France) (tv)
- TF1 Séries Films (2018) (France) (tv)
- TV Breizh (2011) (France) (tv)
- Télé Monté Carlo (TMC) (2012) (France) (tv)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2011) (France) (DVD)
- marketing-film (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Stan (title design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Antoine Brisebard, a famous comedy playwright, is struggling with financial difficulties and is preparing to sell his country villa to an English couple. What no one knows, however, is that Brisebard is actually a victim of blackmail since his wife Sylvie, a famous actress, is the daughter of a notorious robber-murderer. His extortionist is a malevolent criminal only known as Jo, who visits him often to pick up his hush money. But faced with certain ruin, Brisebard is preparing to do away with Jo once and for all, planning his deed under the guise of him trying to write the script for a crime play and consulting his friend, attorney Colas, for ideas of how to efficiently get rid of the body. He finally takes up the offer of one Tonelotti to erect a garden pavillon, whose foundation would provide the ideal hiding place for the corpse. On the night Jo is scheduled to arrive for his next payment, Brisebard awaits the arrival with a gun but is not able to pull the trigger, drops the gun to the floor which results in a shot accidentally killing Jo. But it is only then that things turn really difficult: police inspector Ducros, who has found out about Jo's operation and Brisebard's involvement in it, starts noseying around, telling Brisebard that Jo had already been murdered at the time he was supposed to come to the villa (the man Brisebard shot is eventually revealed as Riri, a criminal associate of Jo's); the pavillon foundation proves to be too shoddy, forcing Brisebard to hide the body elsewhere; a lot of unwanted houseguests keep coming and going; and finally, Riri's body stubbornly refuses to remain hidden. Even with the help of his wife, to whom he finally tells everything, the task of getting rid of the body becomes an outright daunting - and nerve-wracking - one. Written by wikipedia |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The very unusual, almost "Bondian" tone of the score by Raymond Lefebvre, was strongly suggested by the American part of the production. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Jo, un cadáver revoltoso (2010). See more » |
Quotes |
Inspecteur Ducros:
What's wrong? Antoine Brisebard: I'm going to be a daddy! Inspecteur Ducros: When is it due? Antoine Brisebard: I don't know, 6 months, 12 months... we're not in a hurry. See more » |