''Male Hunt'' (french: La chasse à l'homme; it, Caccia al maschio) is a 1964

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directed by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle Benja ...

and starring

Jean-Claude Brialy Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Early life Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland ...

, Catherine Deneuve, Marie Laforêt,

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Françoise Dorléac Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac (21 March 194226 June 1967) was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the 1967 musical, ''The Young Girls of Rochefort''. Her other films include Philippe ...

and

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Plot

It is the day that Antoine (

), a Paris advertising man, is to marry the lovely Gisèle ( Marie Laforêt) and his best man Julien (

), a divorced statistician, tries to talk him out of it with tales of the hard times he had from women, ending in entrapment by his stunning secretary Denise ( Catherine Deneuve), a professional virgin. Going into a bistro for a quick drink before they drive to the wedding, the owner Fernand (

), a retired villain and pimp, tells the two of his exploits that ended in marriage to pretty but pushy Sophie ( Marie Dubois). Antoine decides to run for it, taking one of the tickets for the honeymoon in Greece and giving the other to Fernand. On board ship, he falls for the delectable Sandra (

), a professional confidence woman, who cleans him out of his money but in the end agrees to marry him. Fernand comes back with an old millionairess, former brothel owner, who drives a Rolls. At the wedding of Antoine and Sandra, Julien falls for a sweet brunette.

Cast

as Antoine Monteil *

as Julien Brenot *

as Fernand * Marie Laforêt as Gisèle *

Jacqueline Mille Jacqueline may refer to: People * Jacqueline (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jacqueline Moore (born 1964), ring name "Jacqueline", American professional wrestler Arts and entertainment * ''Jacqueline'' (1923 film), ...

as Odette * Marie Dubois as Sophie *

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* Chapelle-Yvon * Evon * Ivon * Jaille-Yvon * Pierre-Yvon * Yvan * Yvonne (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...

as Sophie's father * Bernard Meunier as Sophie's boyfriend *

Micheline Presle Micheline Presle (; born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; 22 August 1922) is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in H ...

as Isabelle Lartois *

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as Gaston Lartois *

Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my e ...

as Flora *

Mireille Darc Mireille Darc (; 15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017) was a French model and actress. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film '' Weekend''. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National Order of Me ...

as Georgina * Tanya Lopert as Mauricette * Catherine Deneuve as Denise Heurtin * Bernard Blier as Mr. Heurtin *

as Françoise Bricart * Francis Blanche as Kino Papatakis *

Hélène Duc Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in ''Edward and Caroline'' (1951), '' Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout'' (1973), and '' Tanguy'' (2001). Duc played the ...

as Madame Armande *

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

as the stepfather *

Patrick Thévenon Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...

as Hubert * Jacques Dynam as a mobster * Henri Attal as a mobster * Dominique Zardi as a mobster

Reception

''La Chasse à l'homme'' recorded admissions of 1,664,555 in France.Box office information for film
at Box office story

References

External links

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at Le Film Guide 1964 films 1964 comedy films 1960s French films 1960s French-language films 1960s Italian films Films directed by Édouard Molinaro Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard French black-and-white films French comedy films French-language Italian films Italian black-and-white films Italian comedy films {{1960s-France-film-stub