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based on the 1941 novel ''

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'' by

Peter Cheyney Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy C ...

. It came out ten years after ''

La môme vert-de-gris ''La môme vert-de-gris'' (French language, French for "The Greyish-Green Dame"), released in the USA as ''Poison Ivy'', is a 1953 French crime film. It was French director Bernard Borderie's first film, as well as American-born French actor Eddi ...

'' which had been the first of film of this series. It was shot at the

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and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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. For the last time

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directed the popular actor

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in a

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adventure. Guy Delorme, who in 1961 had been the

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in Borderie's classic film version of ''

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'', acts another time as a scheming bad guy.

Synopsis

Dr. Whitaker has disappeared after working hard on an innovation which could give either the West or the East an edge in the

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. Lemmy Caution, although currently otherwise busy, is assigned to return the scientist. He is advised to start searching for him by finding in the first place Dr. Whitaker's fiancée Geraldine. Caution finds the scientist, beats up the villains while outnumbered, puts everything right and ends up with the female "love interest."

Cast

Gaia Germani Gaia Germani (born Giovanna Giardina; 30 August 1934 – 20 February 2019) was an Italian film and television actress. Biography Born in Rome, Germani made her film debut in a French film, Georges Lautner's '' En plein cirage'' and later starre ...

as Geraldine *

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 References External links * 1929 births 2005 deaths French male film actors {{france-film ...

as Dr. Whitaker *

Christiane Minazzoli Christiane Judith Yvette Minazzoli (11 July 1931 – 2 November 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1931 births 2014 deaths French ...

as Carlotta *

Philippe Lemaire Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 90 films from 1946 to 2004. Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco from 1953 to 1956, had one da ...

as Pranzetti *

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 Walker, Caution's superior *

Elga Andersen Elga Andersen (née Helga Hymen or Hymmen) (2 February 1935 – 7 December 1994) was a German actress and singer. She starred in more than one dozen French films in the 1950s and 1960s and also debuted as a recording artist in the 1950s. She per ...

as Montana *

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 com ...

as Pierrot *

Hubert Deschamps Hubert Deschamps (13 September 1923 – 29 December 1998) was a French actor. He was the son of the museum curator Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) and uncle of the French stage director Jérôme Deschamps. Selected filmography * ''The Strolle ...

as Henri Grant *

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 External links * 1912 births 1989 deaths French male film actors Male ...

as Kriss * Colin Drakeas Colonel Willis

Reception

David Deal judges in "The Eurospy Guide" the film was "not an outright spoof", yet he objects director Bernard Borderie sporting

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moments ("silly") during the final showdown in a

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.Blake, Deal, p.266f

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