Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha
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Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
Written by | Daniel Boulanger (dialogue), Claude Chabrol (screenplay) |
Produced by | Georges de Beauregard Pierre Gauchet |
Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
Edited by | Jacques Gaillard |
Music by | Gregorio García Segura Pierre Jansen |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | France Spain Italy |
Language | French |
Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, also known as Blue Panther, is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.[1] based on the character in a series of novels by Jacques Chazot.
Plot
[edit]The French It girl Marie-Chantal gets accidentally entangled in a secret war between agents and terrorists. Before she actually realises what's going on around her, the henchmen of a certain Dr.Kha consider her a dangerous witness and try to hunt her down. On the run she gets to know an agent named Paco who works for Dr. Kha's counterpart Professor Lombardi.
Cast
[edit]- Marie Laforêt as Marie-Chantal
- Francisco Rabal as Paco Castillo
- Serge Reggiani as Ivanov
- Charles Denner as Johnson
- Akim Tamiroff as Dr. Kha
- Roger Hanin as Bruno Kerrien
- Stéphane Audran as Olga
- Pierre-François Moro as Hubert (as Pierre Moro)
- Gilles Chusseau as Gregor
- Antonio Passalia as Sparafucile / Gunshooter (as Anthony Pass)
- Robert Burnier as Old Swissman
- Claude Chabrol as Barman / Drugstore clerk
Reception
[edit]In "The Eurospy Guide" Matt Blake praises the direction as well as the cinematography as "top-notch", the choreography as partly "hilarious" and the music as "good". He evaluates the sum of it all as "immensely entertaining".[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.
References
[edit]- ^ "Blue Panther". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
- ^ Blake, Deal, p.147f
External links
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