Le Saint prend l'affût
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| Directed by | Christian-Jaque |
| Written by | Henri Jeanson (dialogues) Jean Ferry Christian-Jaque Marcel Julian |
| Based on | Le Saint prend l'affût by Leslie Charteris |
| Produced by | Intermondia Films, Medusa Produzione |
| Starring | Jean Marais |
| Cinematography | Pierre Petit |
| Music by | Gérard Calvi |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,329,177 admissions (France)[1] |
Le Saint prend l'affût (English: The Saint Lies in Wait) is a 1966 French comedy crime film. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, starring Jean Marais.[2] It is an adaptation of Leslie Charteris's French-only novel Le Saint prend l'affût (1960), featuring his character The Saint.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Jean Marais as Simon Templar
- Jess Hahn as Hoppy Uniatz
- Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse
- Danièle Évenou as Sophie Chartier
- Raffaella Carrà as Mrs Anita Pavone
- Tiberio Murgia as Tonio Cotone
- Henri Virlogeux as Oscar Chartier
- Claudio Gora as Cesare Pavone
- Nerio Bernardi
- Darío Moreno
- Maria Brockerhoff as Monica
- Roger Carel as The professor
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Schmutz
- Carlo Pisacane as Agatino Camaleonte
- Siegfried Rauch as Johnny K.W. Mest
- Katia Christine as Mary (uncredited)
Production
[edit]The film was known under the title The Saint Lies in Wait (USA), Il santo prende la mira (Italy), Der Lord mit der MP (West Germany), As Aventuras de o Santo (Portugal).[4]
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais.[5] A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare[6] was skidding a Renault Floride S convertible for a twilight scene on a new patch of freeway when its back axle snapped rolling him and his passengers into a barrier. He was mortally injured when he struck his head on the windscreen.[7] The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.
References
[edit]- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- ^ Travers, James (2017-07-27). "Review of the film Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)". frenchfilms.org. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ Barer, Burl (2003). The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar, 1928-1992. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 136–138. ISBN 978-0-7864-1680-6. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Le Saint prend l'affût at IMDb
- ^ "Remembering Gil Delamare". .Westerns...All'Italiana!. 1924-10-14. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ Baxter, John (1974). Stunt: the Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men, p. 245.
- ^ Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, vol. 12~25, 1967, p. 33.
External links
[edit]- Le Saint prend l'affût at IMDb
- Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) at Films de France
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- 1966 films
- French crime comedy films
- 1960s French-language films
- Films directed by Christian-Jaque
- 1960s crime comedy films
- Films based on British novels
- Films scored by Gérard Calvi
- 1966 comedy films
- 1960s French films
- French-language crime comedy films
- The Saint (Simon Templar)
- Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson
- 1960s French film stubs