The Devil by the Tail
1969 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,048 VOTES · DIR. Philippe de Broca
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,332 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:47 Another leak.
00:06:48 Yours is to keep the castle by running a hotel.
00:09:45 Tell me.
00:13:12 Stop calling me that!
00:15:59 We'll wait for you in the dining room.
00:19:22 The children might catch cold, flu... they'll need hospital!
00:23:34 Baron Cesar Anselmo di Maricorne.
00:26:47 He's a bit rough, but not unattractive.
00:30:34 Oh, yes, I agree completely.
00:33:48 Even here.
00:38:55 Too bad good customers never come back.
00:45:05 Hello?
00:48:07 Pedal, you! You can drop me off at the church.
00:51:10 Leave me in peace.
00:54:45 He escaped with the loot.
00:57:20 Too late, I think.
01:00:28 Just look at that throne.
01:04:36 And when they're at our age?
01:07:46 No, no, stand up! I'm very superstitious, you see.
01:11:32 - Did it work? - No, it missed.
01:16:58 - Just for me. - Yes, just for you.
01:19:46 Yes, certain.
01:25:57 Likable, easy going...
01:29:52 Subtitles by Anna.L.Clover
Cast & Characters
Yves Montand
Le baron César Maricorne
Madeleine Renaud
La marquise
Maria Schell
La comtesse Diane
Jean Rochefort
Le comte Georges
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le \"play-boy\
Clotilde Joano
La comtesse Jeanne (La cousine pianiste)
Claude Piéplu
Monsieur Patin (Le client assidu)
Tanya Lopert
Cookie (La minette)
Marthe Keller
Amélie (La jeune baronne)
Xavier Gélin
Charlie (Le petit garagiste)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,332
Dialogue density14.8 lines / min
First line00:00:47
Final line01:29:52
Production Record
DirectorPhilippe de Broca
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,048