Comedy / Action / Thriller /

Score: 68.1%( 145 votes )

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.

Cast:

Lino Ventura
Francis Lagneau

Francis Blanche
Boris Vassiliev

Bernard Blier
Eusebio Cafarelli

Mireille Darc
Amaranthe

Jess Hahn
Commodore O'Brien

André Weber
Rudolphe Rossini

Louis Arbessier
Swiss colonel

Jacques Balutin
Customs officer

Françoise Giret
Mrs. Pauline

Violette Marceau
Lucienne, aka Rosalinde

Anne-Marie Blot
One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters

Yves Elliot

Jean-Pierre Moutier
Employee of the Colonel

Michel Duplaix
Barbouze with Fiduc

Gérard Darrieu
Agent Fiduc

Luce Bonifassy

Lutz Gabor
German Colonel

Raoul Saint-Yves
Sleeper employee

Philippe Castelli
Istanbul hotel receptionist

Robert Secq
Constantin Benard Shah

Charles Millot
Hans Müller

Noël Roquevert
Colonel Lanoix

Ham Chau Luong
Chinese on the train (uncredited)

Michel Dacquin
Barbouze of the train (uncredited)

Robert Dalban
Truck driver (uncredited)

Hubert Deschamps
Customs officer (uncredited)

Marius Gaidon
Stabbed spy (uncredited)

Georges Guéret
American in Lisbon (uncredited)

Monique Mélinand
Mrs. Lagneau (uncredited)

Pierre-Jean Vaillard
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)