''Lemmy pour les dames'' is a 1962 French
eurospy film
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to Italian-produced films in the genre), is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bo ...
directed by
Bernard Borderie.
Synopsis
Lemmy Caution is on holidays. While he seeks recreation he happens to get entangled in a murder investigation. Soon it is revealed that the female victim had been blackmailed by a foreign
secret service
A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data. The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another. For ...
. Her husband works for the government and is in possession of national secrets. Her friends are likewise blackmailed and forced into spying on their husbands. Lemmy takes care of this matter.
Cast
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Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution
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Françoise Brion
Françoise Brion (; born 29 January 1933) is a French film actress. She has appeared in 75 films since 1957. She starred in the 1963 film ''L'Immortelle'', which was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. She was married to Ja ...
as Marie-Christine
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Claudine Coster Claudine may refer to: Name
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People wi ...
as Françoise
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Éliane d'Almeida as Sophie
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Yvonne Monlaur as Claudia
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Jacques Berthier
Jacques Berthier (27 June 1923 – 27 June 1994) was a French composer of liturgical music, best known for writing much of the music used at Taizé Community, Taizé.
Biography
Berthier was born in Auxerre, Burgundy (region), Burgundy; both of ...
as Doctor Nollet
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Robert Berri
Robert Berri (16 December 1912 – 22 November 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979.
Selected filmography
References
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1912 births
1989 deaths
French male film actors
Male ...
as Dombie
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Guy Delorme
Guy Delorme (23 May 1929 – 26 December 2005) was a French actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1951 to 1984.
Filmography
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1929 births
2005 deaths
French male film actors
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as Mirko
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Lionel Roc __TOC__
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as Hugo
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Paul Mercey
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People
Christianity
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as Inspector Boumègue
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Jacques Hilling
Jacques Hilling (26 May 1922 – 16 February 1975) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1949 and 1975.
Selected filmography
* ''Return to Life'' (1949) - Un soldat (segment 4 : "Le retour de René") (uncredite ...
as the hotel keeper
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Carita as Perraque
Background
Henri Cogan Henri Cogan (13 September 1914 in Paris – 23 September 2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French actor and stuntman.
Biography
Before Henri Cogan became a fight choreographer for European action films he proved his expertise in hand-to-hand comb ...
was the instructor and choreographer for all fighting scenes.
Reception
"The Eurospy Guide" evaluates the film as "a pleasant diversion" which is fit to make modern audiences understand why Eddie Constantine enjoyed such popularity back then.
[Blake, Deal, p.130]
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''Lemmy pour les dames''at the
DBCult Film Institute
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French Gallery for ''Lemmy pour les dames''
1962 films
French spy films
Films directed by Bernard Borderie
Films based on British novels
1960s French films
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