Summary
The president of an African country is about to sign an agreement with
France for the delivery of uranium ore. Spies from across the
world turn up in an attempt to sabotage the project. The reaction
of the French intelligent services is to unleash their most garrulous
agent, Maxime, who will divert attention by putting out false
information...
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Credits
- Director: Roger Hanin
- Script: Roger Hanin
- Photo: Alain Levent
- Music: Vladimir Cosma, Richard Eldwyn
- Cast: Bernard Blier (Maxime), Robert Hossein (Kaminsky), Marie Grinewald (Dahlia), Marcel Dalio (Cohen), Sabine Glaser (Magda), Edward Meeks (Stafford), Roger Dumas (Frémicourt), Roger Hanin (Belkacem), Mory Traoré (Le Président), Georges Géret (Rousselet), Robert Lombard (Prussac), Hélène Duc (Mamy), Moussa Diouf (N’Gourou), Michel Beaune (Ferjac), Gérard Darmon (Blumenfeld), Michel de Ré (Croo)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: The Phoney
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