Le Faux-cul (1975)
Directed by Roger Hanin

Comedy
aka: The Phoney

Film Synopsis

The president of an African country is about to sign an agreement with France for the delivery of uranium ore.  Spies from across the world turn up in an attempt to sabotage the project.  The reaction of the French intelligent services is to unleash their most garrulous agent, Maxime, who will divert attention by putting out false information...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Roger Hanin
  • Script: Roger Hanin
  • Cinematographer: Alain Levent
  • Music: Vladimir Cosma
  • Cast: Bernard Blier (Maxime), Robert Hossein (Kaminsky), Marie Grinewald (Dahlia), Marcel Dalio (Cohen), Sabine Glaser (Magda), Edward Meeks (Stafford), Roger Dumas (Frémicourt), Roger Hanin (Belkacem), Mory Traoré (Le Président), Georges Géret (Rousselet), Robert Lombard (Prussac), Hélène Duc (Mamy), Moussa Diouf (N'Gourou), Jacques Duby (Le croque-mort), Michel Beaune (Ferjac), Gérard Darmon (Blumenfeld), Michel de Ré (Croo), André Falcon (Freaumont), Hans Verner (Pallenberg), Michel Peyrelon (Dumas)
  • Country: France / West Germany
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: The Phoney

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