The Great Spy Chase
6.8
“RUN...love takes you where the spies are...PURSUE...women who are curved like weapons...Hide...with the one you seek...and the sparks fly upward...”
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.
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Cast
30 people
Lino Ventura
Francis Lagneau
Known for
Army of Shadows
Crooks in Clover
Francis Blanche
Boris Vassiliev
Known for
Crooks in Clover
Light-Fingered George
Bernard Blier
Eusebio Cafarelli
Known for
Crooks in Clover
The Restaurant
Mireille Darc
Amaranthe
Known for
Weekend
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Jess Hahn
Commodore O'Brien
Known for
Cartouche
Sign of the Lion
André Weber
Rudolphe Rossini
Known for
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Magnificent One
Louis Arbessier
Swiss colonel
Known for
Ulysses 31
Pasha
Jacques Balutin
Customs officer
Known for
Asterix and Cleopatra
Lucky Luke
Françoise Giret
Mrs. Pauline
Known for
The Seventh Juror
Violette Marceau
Lucienne, aka Rosalinde
Also in
Triple Cross
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Anne-Marie Blot
One of Mrs. Pauline's daughters
Known for
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Distracted
Yves Elliot
Known for
The Restaurant
The Troubles of Alfred
Georges Lautner Director · Michel Audiard Writer Albert Simonin Writer
First release December 10, 1964 · Produced in France, Italy · Production S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica
Production
Corona Cinematografica
Production
S.N.E. Gaumont
Production
Sicilia Cinematografica
Production
Ultra Film
Production
American International Pictures
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Les Barbouzes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 10, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
December 26, 1965 · Theatrical
Finland
April 1, 1966 · Theatrical
France
January 1, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
Germany
February 25, 1965 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 8, 1965 · Theatrical
Spain
August 2, 1965 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 21, 1966 · Theatrical
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