| Le Saint prend l'affût | |
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 Film poster | |
| 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) |
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. It is an adaptation of Leslie Charteris's French-only novel Le Saint prend l'affût (1960), featuring his character The Saint.
Cast
- 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
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).
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais. A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare 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. The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.
References
- "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
- 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