''Carom Shots'' () is a 1963 French
black comedy film
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...
directed by
Marcel Bluwal
Marcel Bluwal (25 May 1925 – 23 October 2021) was a French film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as sc ...
. It was entered into the
1963 Cannes Film Festival
The 16th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1963. French writer Armand Salacrou served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or was awarded to '' The Leopard'' by Luchino Visconti.
The festival opened with '' Th ...
.
The French crime writer felt his novel had been betrayed by the filmmakers.
Plot
Cast
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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 ...
as Paul Martin
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Louis de Funès as Norbert Charolais
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Michel Serrault as Le commissaire Baudu / Policeman Baudu
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Sophie Daumier as Solange
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Anne Tonietti as Danielle Brossard
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Henri Virlojeux
Henri Virlogeux (22 March 1924 – 19 December 1995) was a French actor. He is known for "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Les rois maudits" (1972) and "Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur" (1971). He was married to Véronique Silver. He died on 19 December ...
as Brossard
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Alfred Adam as Hubert Beaumanoir
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Marcelle Arnold as Mademoiselle Andréa
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René Clermont as Frépillon
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Jacques Dynam as Macheron
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Paul Gay
Paul Gay (born 8 November 1968
Accessed August 10, 2009.
as Le speaker TV / TV anchor
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Gilberte Géniat as Madame Brossard
References
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1963 films
1963 black comedy films
1960s French-language films
French black-and-white films
French black comedy films
Films about businesspeople
Films directed by Marcel Bluwal
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
Films scored by Gérard Calvi
Films with screenplays by Pierre Tchernia
1960s French films
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