The inhabitants of a small provincial town are requisitioned to take part in the French army's major maneuvers. A foreign spy takes advantage of these maneuvers to steal secret documents. The pursuit and capture of the spy and his accomplices are successfully carried out by all those taking part in the maneuvers.
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Blanchette Brunoy
Sonia Brévannes
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Célia Cortez
Annie Desforges
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Jean-Pierre Kérien
Pierre Dumans
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Trapeze
Howard Vernon
Roger Kervec
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Jacques Charon
Maurice Favier
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Cartouche
The Red Inn
Jacques Torrens
Guy Lormoy
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Liliane Ernout
Jacqueline Desforges
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Gabriel Sardet
Lormoy
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Olivia
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Charles Lemontier
Professor Desforges
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Gérard Le Faivre
Jean Lormoy
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Philippe Hersent
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56, rue Pigalle
De fil en aiguille
Gérard Sandoz Director · Jean-Charles Reynaud Writer Guy de Bourge Writer
First release November 14, 1954 · Original title Opération tonnerre
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Original title
Opération tonnerre
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 14, 1954
Premiere
France · June 13, 1956
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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