Le Saint prend l'affût
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| Directed by | Christian-Jaque |
| Written by | Jean Ferry Leslie Charteris |
| Produced by | Intermondia Films, Medusa Produzione |
| Starring | Jean Marais |
| Cinematography | Pierre Petit |
| Music by | Gérard Calvi |
Release date | 26 October 1966 (France) |
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 adventure drama film. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, written by Jean Ferry, starring Jean Marais.[2]
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).[3]
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais.[4] A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare[5] 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.[6] 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.
- ^ 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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