Summary
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...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Georges Lautner
- Script: Albert Kantoff, Georges Lautner, Colonel Rémy, Jacques Robert
- Photo: Maurice Fellous
- Music: Michel Magne
- Cast: Paul Meurisse (Le commandant Théobald Dromard dit’Le Monocle’), Marcel Dalio (Elie Mayerfitsky), Olivier Despax (Frédéric), Edward Meeks (Major Sidney), Henri Nassiet (The Colonel), Pierre Richard (Bergourian), Michel Dupleix (The Colonel’s Assistant), Renée Saint-Cyr (Madame Hui), Holley Wong (Inspector Hui), Kwan Chin-Liang (Li), Lily Hong-Kong (Cora), Robert Dalban (Poussin), Barbara Steele (Valérie), Marcel Bernier (The Colonel’s Man), Raymond Meunier (The Interviewer), Lino Ventura (Elie’s Client)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 100 min; B&W
- Aka: The Monocle; The Monocle’s Sour Laugh
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