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The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1974 · 81 min

A featherlight farce of bumbling spies and mistaken identities, played with such genial silliness that it breezes by like a pleasant afternoon joke.

Overview
With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" in some fake adventures. All this to stop the investigation into the death of Colonel Milan.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • identity
  • conspiracy
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Yves Robert
Written by
Yves Robert, Francis Veber
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
81 min
Country
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Languages
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