The Devil by the Tail
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 robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
Release Date
February 7, 1969Runtime
90 minGenres
ComedyDirected by
Philippe de Broca, Claude MillerWritten by
Claude Sautet, Daniel BoulangerLanguage
FrenchBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8stBuzOkXfu7DXiWJPzwhhTrxfi.jpg)
Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wewmvQm200D2jD14G4YjSmg0WVb.jpg)
Yves Montand
Le baron César Maricorne![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2V50NFeaAU9AvER0aNVTlrXnbpO.jpg)
Madeleine Renaud
La marquise![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/233wh3jTQq1Mq2OZbcvohV3CTkS.jpg)
Maria Schell
La comtesse Diane![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wyvdO0ih9mwLE3UHCy8GudqnKTK.jpg)
Jean Rochefort
Le comte Georges![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yrCA8WtOZUwzY5EK0kmlEpgBgid.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy"![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pyBSOrbXEEJuDMH8Oh7SXGlWvbI.jpg)
Marthe Keller
Amélie, baronne de Coustines![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8796nDcGfUC7lJGqzjQsrhoAd0e.jpg)
Claude Piéplu
Monsieur Patin![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uLGq0jx0H4jl0WppVDayQ1ukdlB.jpg)
Xavier Gélin
Charly - le garagiste![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hlYl2Tms0jxoop6sMTC4sNDbTkU.jpg)
Jacques Balutin
Max - le premier complice![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jtxGufvDwQSpwyuJKitxSMTEAfd.jpg)
Pierre Tornade
Schwartz - le second complice![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zgdCj0ewE0drlq65rIKsL3Bm2hd.jpg)
Tanya Lopert
Cookie![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/arm1nVsddFB9dkEnONGtZD9x7jW.jpg)
Clotilde Joano
La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/78DpaNfRB0kSDVzWeeOxYiYHBjt.jpg)
Philippe de Broca
Un passant suédoisImages
Cast17 cast members
Crew10 crew members