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 Devil by the Tail
Directed by	Philippe de Broca
Written by	Daniel Boulanger Claude Sautet Philippe de Broca
Produced by	Philippe de Broca Alberto Grimaldi
Starring	Yves Montand Maria Schell Jean Rochefort Jean-Pierre Marielle Clotilde Joano Claude Piéplu Xavier Gélin Tanya Lopert Marthe Keller Madeleine Renaud
Cinematography	Jean Penzer
Edited by	Françoise Javet
Music by	Georges Delerue
Production companies	Fildebroc Les Productions Artistes Associés Produzioni Associate Delphos Produzioni Europee Associate
Distributed by	Les Artistes Associés
Release date	7 February 1969
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

Cast

• Yves Montand as Le baron César Maricorne
• Madeleine Renaud as La marquise
• Maria Schell as La comtesse Diane
• Jean Rochefort as Le comte Georges
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"
• Clotilde Joano as La comtesse Jeanne
• Claude Piéplu as Monsieur Patin
• Tanya Lopert as Cookie
• Marthe Keller as Amélie
• Xavier Gélin as Charlie
• Jacques Balutin as Max, un gangster
• Pierre Tornade as Schwartz, un gangster
• Jeanne Berdin as Mme Passereau
• Charles Mallet as Le commissaire

References

Bibliography

• Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.

External links

• The Devil by the Tail at IMDb

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