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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-12-06
70%
463 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Languages: French, Italian.
Countries:
France
Revenue: $4,300,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Les Productions de la Guéville
Movie: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pierre Richard
François Perrin
Bernard Blier
Colonel Bernard Milan
Jean Rochefort
Colonel Louis Toulouse
Mireille Darc
Christine
Paul Le Person
Perrache
Jean Carmet
Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
Colette Castel
Paulette Lefebvre
Maurice Barrier
Chaperon, Toulouse agent
Robert Dalban
Coco, fake delivery man
Robert Castel
Georghiu, Milan agent
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A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Release Date
1972-12-06
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