''Le tigre se parfume à la dynamite'' (''Our Agent Tiger'') is a 1965 secret agent spy film directed by
Claude Chabrol
Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
and starring and written by
Roger Hanin as the Tiger. It is a sequel to the 1964 film ''
Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche''.
[Blake, Deal, p. 190f.]
Plot
The Tiger is sent to oversee the excavation of a sunken ship. While busy retrieving the gold treasure inside the vessel, The Tiger is constantly thwarted by international enemies. Among them is an old
Nazi
Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...
named Hans von Wunchendorf who dreams of world domination. He hides behind the codename "The Orchid" and needs the treasure to sustain a worldwide network of exiled former comrades. Once sanified by the gold his organisation plans to realise the
endsieg after all.
Cast
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Roger Hanin as Louis Rapière, "le Tigre"
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Margaret Lee as Pamela Mitchum / Patricia Johnson
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Michel Bouquet
Michel François Pierre Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for '' Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best ...
as Jacques Vermorel
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Micaela Pignatelli as Sarita Sanchez
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Carlos Casaravilla as Ricardo Sanchez
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José Nieto as Pepe Nieto
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José María Caffarel as Colonel Pontarlier
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George Rigaud as Commander Damerec
Bibliography
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References
External links
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1965 films
1960s spy thriller films
Films directed by Claude Chabrol
French spy thriller films
French sequel films
Parody films based on James Bond films
1960s French films
Films scored by Jean Wiener
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