Ma femme est une panthère (1961)
Directed by Raymond Bailly

Comedy

aka: My Wife Is a Panther

Film Synopsis

In a bar, Roger overhears a conversation which leads him to think that someone is planning to murder a woman named Christina. He soon discovers that the intended murder victim is not a woman, but a panther which a retired colonel believes is the reincarnation of his former mistress, Christina, who died some time ago in Africa. When the colonel states his intention to leave his entire fortune to the panther, his natural heir engages the services of a hired killer to dispose of the troublesome big cat. Things take a complicated turn when an Italian woman named Christina enters the fray...

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Film Credits

Director: Raymond Bailly
Script: Gérard Carlier, Robert Vignon
Cinematographer: Walter Wottitz
Music: Francis Lopez
Cast: Jean Richard (Roger), Jean Poiret (Psychiatrist), Michel Serrault (Butcher), Silvana Blasi (Christine), Jean-Max (Colonel), Marcel Lupovici (Killer), Claude Achard, Robert Rollis
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 85 min
Aka: My Wife Is a Panther

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