The Devil by the Tail

Gangster Maricorne (Yves Montand), tricked into checking in as a guest at her estate, introduces himself as a diplomat to the impoverished Marquise (Madeleine Renaud), then sets about charming her daughter (Maria Schell), in Philippe de Broca's Devil By The Tail, 1969.

Opening of Philippe de Broca's hit comedy Devil By The Tail, 1969, impoverished nobleman Comte Georges (Jean Rochefort) examining his attic, his daughter (Marthe Keller) in the kitchen, Maria Schell and Yves Montand coming soon.

Amelie (Marthe Keller) delivers a fixed Cadillac to Maricorne (Yves Montand), a gangster posing as a diplomat, who feigns reluctance to leave her family's estate-turned-inn, then runs into a dragnet, in Philippe de Broca's Devil By The Tail, 1969.