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.
00:06:46 Mine is to peacefully smoke a cigarette in a two bedroom apartment.
00:09:37 You can't say anything!
00:12:54 I can offer you one in the left wing, the other in the right.
00:15:26 You have a light right here.
00:18:45 The King's room with compulsory champagne.
00:23:07 I've never heard anything like it!
00:26:09 A most fortunate coincidence.
00:29:00 I'll have to speak about it in the next conference... what was I saying?
00:32:45 - You've got to fix the big American car. - What, is it urgent?
00:37:02 You've worked so hard.
00:42:37 I can imagine.
00:47:07 Charlie? Charlie!
00:50:02 - He's at the castle, you're sure? - Yes.
00:53:10 George!
00:55:52 I know well the type.
00:58:36 You seem to be getting along very nicely.
01:02:54 Hi, Charlie.
01:05:55 Coming!
01:08:38 The seven of spades is missing...
01:12:59 Amelie! Amelie!
01:17:52 May I make a confession?
01:21:41 Anyhow, the safe is open.
01:26:35 Oh, Jeanne...
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 line01:26:35
Production Record
DirectorPhilippe de Broca
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,048