Le Saint prend l'affût
{{Infobox film
| name = Le Saint prend l'affût
| image = Saintlaffut.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Christian-Jaque
| producer = Intermondia Films, Medusa Produzione
| writer = Henri Jeanson (dialogues)
Jean Ferry
Christian-Jaque
Marcel Julian
| based_on = {{Based on|Le Saint prend l'affût|Leslie Charteris}}
| starring = Jean Marais
| music = Gérard Calvi
| cinematography = Pierre Petit
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1966|10|26|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
|gross=1,329,177 admissions (France){{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-marais-c22695355|title=Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films|website=Box Office Story}}
}}
Le Saint prend l'affût ({{Langx|en|The Saint Lies in Wait}}) is a 1966 French comedy crime film. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, starring Jean Marais.{{cite web | last=Travers | first=James | title=Review of the film Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) | website=frenchfilms.org | date=2017-07-27 | url=http://www.frenchfilms.org/review/le-saint-prend-l-affut-1966.html | access-date=2021-05-28}} It is an adaptation of Leslie Charteris's French-only novel Le Saint prend l'affût (1960), featuring his character The Saint.{{cite book | last=Barer | first=Burl |author-link=Burl Barer | title=The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar, 1928-1992 | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-7864-1680-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMIJ3G_E55oC&pg=PA136 | access-date=22 October 2024 | page=136–138}}
Cast
- Jean Marais as Simon Templar
- Jess Hahn as Hoppy Uniatz
- Jean Yanne as Mueller-Strasse
- Danièle Évenou as Sophie Chartier
- Raffaella Carrà as Mrs Anita Pavone
- Tiberio Murgia as Tonio Cotone
- Henri Virlogeux as Oscar Chartier
- Claudio Gora as Cesare Pavone
- Nerio Bernardi
- Darío Moreno
- Maria Brockerhoff as Monica
- Roger Carel as The professor
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Schmutz
- Carlo Pisacane as Agatino Camaleonte
- Siegfried Rauch as Johnny K.W. Mest
- Katia Christine as Mary (uncredited)
Production
The film was known under the title The Saint Lies in Wait (USA), {{Lang|pt|Il santo prende la mira}} (Italy), {{Lang|de|Der Lord mit der MP}} (West Germany), {{Lang|pt|As Aventuras de o Santo}} (Portugal).{{IMDb title|0060928|Le Saint prend l'affût}}
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais.{{cite web | title=Remembering Gil Delamare | website=.Westerns...All'Italiana! | date=1924-10-14 | url=https://westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com/2014/10/remembering-gil-delamare.html | access-date=2021-05-28}} A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare
Baxter, John (1974). Stunt: the Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men, p. 245. was skidding a Renault Floride S convertible for a twilight scene on a new patch of freeway when its back axle snapped rolling him and his passengers into a barrier. He was mortally injured when he struck his head on the windscreen.Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, vol. 12~25, 1967, p. 33. The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0060928|Le Saint prend l'affût}}
- [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Le_Saint_prend_l_affut_1966_rev.html Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)] at Films de France
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Category:French crime comedy films
Category:1960s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Christian-Jaque
Category:1960s crime comedy films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films scored by Gérard Calvi
Category:French-language crime comedy films
Category:The Saint (Simon Templar)
Category:Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson
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