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Lemmy pour les dames

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Lemmy pour les dames
Directed byBernard Borderie
Written byMarc-Gilbert Sauvajon Screenplay
Bernard Borderie Screenplay
Peter Cheyney
Source material
Produced byRaymond Borderie
StarringEddie Constantine
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
companies
Compagnie Industrielle Commerciale Cinématographique
Films Borderie
Release date
  • 21 March 1962 (1962-03-21)
Running time
97
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Lemmy pour les dames is a 1962 French eurospy film directed by Bernard Borderie.[1]

Synopsis

Lemmy Caution is on holidays. While he seeks recreation he happens to get entangled in a murder investigation. Soon it is revealed that the female victim had been blackmailed by a foreign secret service. Her husband works for the government and is in possession of national secrets. Her friends are likewise blackmailed and forced into spying on their husbands. Lemmy takes care of this matter.

Cast

Background

Henri Cogan was the instructor and choreographer for all fighting scenes.[2]

Reception

"The Eurospy Guide" evaluates the film as "a pleasant diversion" which is fit to make modern audiences understand why Eddie Constantine enjoyed such popularity back then.[3]

Bibliography

  • Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.

References

  1. ^ "Ladies' Man". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  2. ^ "Full Cast & Crew". imdb.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19. Cast: Henri Cogan ... Réglage des Bagarres
  3. ^ Blake, Deal, p.130