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The Devil by the Tail (French: Le diable par la queue) is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud and Maria Schell. [1] The French title refers to the idiom "Tirer le diable par la queue", meaning struggling to make ends meet.
- 7 February 1969
- Philippe de Broca, Alberto Grimaldi
A 17th century castle, near Macon, north of Lyons, in France, on a very rainy summer evening. The owner, the Comte (Count) Georges de Coustines (Jean Rochefort) is in the attic, putting numerous chamber pots under the leaks of the roof, helped by Martial, an old servant. Martial walks back down to the ancient-looking kitchen, where he gets his ...
The Devil by the Tail. When a marquess (Madeleine Renaud) and her granddaughter, Amelie (Marthe Keller), the owners of a formerly grand hotel in the French countryside, get desperate for business ...
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- Philippe de Broca
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- Yves Montand
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Jul 20, 2021 · "Devil by the Tail is an entertaining story with engaging characters, a thought-provoking plot, and just enough romance to make it alluring!" - Connie Porter Saunders, Older & Smarter blog "I found Devil by the Tail to be a well-written mystery with engaging characters, and I hope there are more books to come in the series." - Mostly Mysteries
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The Devil by the Tail, as you might by now guess, is a crime movie played out as a farce, with threadbare but fun-loving aristocrats shifting gears from jolly hoteliers selling the charms of their historical inn with "original furnishings" (in other words, second-hand junk) to energetic would-be assassins, planning elaborate schemes that could ...
blanche-2 15 May 2012. "Devil by the Tail" is a 1969 French film directed by Phillipe de Broca, starring Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud, Maria Schell, and Marthe Keller. A family that has fallen on hard times runs a hotel which has one permanent weekend guest and little else in between. In the opening scene, coffee cups are being placed ...
The Devil by the Tail. 1969 Comedy · 1h 30m. We've checked all the major streaming services, and this title is not found on any of them right now. Get Notified. In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank ...
