''Male Hunt'' (french: La chasse à l'homme; it, Caccia al maschio) is a 1964

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', '' Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle B ...

and starring Jean-Claude Brialy,

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, Françoise Dorléac and

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Plot

It is the day that Antoine ( Jean-Claude Brialy), a Paris advertising man, is to marry the lovely Gisèle (

) and his best man Julien (

), a divorced statistician, tries to talk him out of it with tales of the hard times he had from women, ending in entrapment by his stunning secretary Denise (

), a professional virgin. Going into a bistro for a quick drink before they drive to the wedding, the owner Fernand (

), a retired villain and pimp, tells the two of his exploits that ended in marriage to pretty but pushy Sophie (

Marie Dubois Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress. Career She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next ...

). Antoine decides to run for it, taking one of the tickets for the honeymoon in Greece and giving the other to Fernand. On board ship, he falls for the delectable Sandra ( Françoise Dorléac), a professional confidence woman, who cleans him out of his money but in the end agrees to marry him. Fernand comes back with an old millionairess, former brothel owner, who drives a Rolls. At the wedding of Antoine and Sandra, Julien falls for a sweet brunette.

Cast

* Jean-Claude Brialy as Antoine Monteil *

as Julien Brenot *

as Fernand *

as Gisèle * Jacqueline Mille as Odette *

as Sophie * Yvon Sarray as Sophie's father *

Bernard Meunier Bernard Meunier (born 11 March 1947) is a French chemist and academic. He has been a member of the Académie des sciences since 1999. Career After a doctorate at the University of Montpellier in November 1971 under the supervision of Robert Cor ...

as Sophie's boyfriend *

Micheline Presle Micheline Presle (; born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; 22 August 1922) is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in H ...

as Isabelle Lartois *

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as Gaston Lartois * Bernadette Lafont as Flora * Mireille Darc as Georgina *

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as Mauricette *

as Denise Heurtin *

Bernard Blier Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. Life and career His rotund features and ...

as Mr. Heurtin * Françoise Dorléac as Françoise Bricart *

Francis Blanche François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanche was ...

as Kino Papatakis *

Hélène Duc Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in '' Edward and Caroline'' (1951), '' Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout'' (1973), and '' Tanguy'' (2001). Duc played the ...

as Madame Armande * Noël Roquevert as the stepfather * Patrick Thévenon as Hubert *

Jacques Dynam Jacques Dynam (30 December 1923 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the ''Fantomas'' saga. Selected filmography * ''La symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - (uncre ...

as a mobster *

Henri Attal Henri Attal (1936 in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populat ...

as a mobster *

Dominique Zardi Dominique Zardi (born Emile Jean Cohen-Zardi; 2 March 1930 – 13 December 2009) was a French actor from Paris. He acted in more than 200 feature films, including '' Fantômas'' with Louis De Funès and Jean Marais. He died of cancer at the age of ...

as a mobster

Reception

''La Chasse à l'homme'' recorded admissions of 1,664,555 in France.Box office information for film
at Box office story

References

External links

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at Le Film Guide 1964 films 1964 comedy films 1960s French films 1960s French-language films 1960s Italian films Films directed by Édouard Molinaro Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard French black-and-white films French comedy films French-language Italian films Italian black-and-white films Italian comedy films {{1960s-France-film-stub