Carré de dames pour un as (1966) Directed by Jacques Poitrenaud
Comedy / Thriller
aka: A Ace and Four Queens
Film Synopsis
Hakim Gregory is a dangerous adventurer who specialises in selling
secret documents to the highest bidder. He has already destroyed
one French spy network and is the French secret services' most wanted
man. His face totally changed by plastic surgery, Gregory goes
into hiding. When four agents are killed in Malaga, Spain, the
security services are sure that Gregory is responsible and send their
best man, Dan Layton, to investigate. Disguised as a playboy,
Layton is accompanied by Petula, a wealthy heiress who is in truth
another secret agent. It transpires that Gregory has taken refuge
in a fashion house belonging to his mistress Dolores and bankrolled by
a certain Misrah. Layton feels that the time is right to catch
Gregory, but he has not reckoned on the unwelcome arrival of his
fiancée Marion, who is working as a tourist guide. Unaware
of Layton's real activities but jealous of the women with whom he has
become mixed up, Marion is about to unleash a maelstrom of confusion in
the world of espionage...
Script: Georges Bardawil, Gérard Carlier, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Michael Logan (novel),
Jacques Poitrenaud
Cinematographer: Manuel Merino
Music: Serge Gainsbourg
Cast:Roger Hanin (Layton),
Sylva Koscina (Dolores Arrabal),
Catherine Allégret (Marion),
Dominique Wilms (Petula),
Laura Valenzuela (Rosário),
Guy Delorme (Jésus),
François Maistre (Hakim Gregory),
Serge Gainsbourg (L'homme qui demande du feu),
Lionel Vitrant (Un homme de main d'Hakim Gregory),
Francisco Piquer,
Henri Crémieux,
Jean-Pierre Darras,
Luis Peña,
Henri Lambert,
Michel Duplaix,
Antonio Passalia,
José Jaspe
Country: Italy / France / Spain
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:A Ace and Four Queens ;
Four Queens for an Ace
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