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Why this pick
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MOVIE1972 1h 30m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Bernard Milan, the second-in-command of France's Counter-Espionage department, is out to discredit his chief Louis Toulouse so that he can supplant him. When a French heroin smuggler who has been arrested in New York claims that the drug smuggling was a secret mission on the orders of French Counter-Espionage (actually on Milan's orders), the resulting bad press reflects on Toulouse, who cannot prove that Milan was responsible. In retaliation, Toulouse hatches a plot to deal with his ambitious subordinate: in a room which he knows is filled with hidden microphones, he sends his assistant Perrache to Paris-Orly Airport at 9:30AM the next morning, making Milan (who has been listening) believe that Perrache has gone to meet a master spy who will expose Milan's treachery. However, Toulouse secretly instructs Perrache to choose someone at random from the crowd of travelers arriving at that time.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Pierre Richard
François Perrin
Paul Le Person
Perrache
Mireille Darc
Christine
Maurice Barrier
Chaperon
Jean Rochefort
Toulouse
Bernard Blier
Milan
Jean Carmet
Maurice
Robert Dalban
le faux livreur