Papa, les petits bateaux (1971)
Directed by Nelly Kaplan

Drama

aka: Papa the Little Boats

Film Synopsis

Marc and his gang of inexperienced hoodlums think they have struck gold when they succeed in kidnapping the 21-year-old heiress Vénus de Palma. But Vénus is cleverer than they are and uses her beauty to seduce them, one by one. Her plan is that her kidnappers will kill one another so that she can pocket the ransom money...

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Film Credits

Director: Nelly Kaplan
Script: René Guyonnet, Nelly Kaplan, Claude Makovski, Jean Laborde (novel)
Cinematographer: Ricardo Aronovich
Music: André Popp
Cast: Sheila White (Vénus 'Cookie' de Palma), Michel Bouquet (Marc), Judith Magre (Marylène), Michael Lonsdale (Hippolyte), André Valardy (Luc), Pierre Mondy (Jeannot, 'le corse'), Jean Parédès (Commissaire Duvalier), Sydney Chaplin (Spiro de Palma), Bernard Musson (Matéo Falcone), Catherine Allégret (Dany), Marcel Dalio (Boudu, le clochard), Nelly Kaplan (La dame au petit chien), Régine Deforges (La jolie fille), Jean-Jacques Pauvert (Le voyeur), Jean-Claude Massoulier (Le reporter), Claude Makovski (Un agent de police), René Guyonnet (Un agent de police)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 100 min
Aka: Papa the Little Boats

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