Le Monocle rit jaune (1964)

Le Monocle rit jaune is a French comedy thriller film first released in 1964, directed by Georges Lautner.  The film stars Paul Meurisse, Marcel Dalio, Olivier Despax, Edward Meeks and Henri Nassiet.  It has also been released under the title: The Monocle.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


After several attacks on nuclear power stations, Commandant Dromard of the French secret services is sent to Hong Kong to locate a suspect named Bergourian, but the man is killed before he can talk.  Dromard and his right-hand man Poussin are contacted by Frédéric de la Perouse, a young attaché at the French consulate.  So as not to attract attention, Dromard stays with old Mayerifsky, a local agent, in the Chinese neighbourhood.  A banker who did business with Bergourian runs into Dromard and tells him that he feels his life is threatened.  When, a short while later, the banker is murdered, Sidney, the British chief of police, agrees that Dromard should continue his investigation, on the condition that he remains in Hong Kong.  But Dromard receives a message that the airport’s professional mourner would like to meet him in Macao.  Arriving at the meeting point, Dromard finds the woman has drowned, tangled in fishing nets...
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