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The Great Spy Chase

1964 · 108 min

A breezy, tongue-in-cheek caper where spies bumble and charm their way through a castle full of absurd rivalries.

Tagline
RUN...love takes you where the spies are...PURSUE...women who are curved like weapons...Hide...with the one you seek...and the sparks fly upward...
Overview
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • power
  • betrayal
  • love
  • loyalty
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour8
Realism4
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, action, thriller
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Written by
Michel Audiard, Albert Simonin
Starring
Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jess Hahn, André Weber, Louis Arbessier, Jacques Balutin
Music
Michel Magne
Cinematography
Maurice Fellous
Runtime
108 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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