Le Saint prend l'affût
1966 French film
- 26 October 1966 (1966-10-26) (France)
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Le Saint prend l'affût (English: The Saint Lies in Wait) is a 1966 French adventure drama film. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, written by Jean Ferry, starring Jean Marais.[2]
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), Il santo prende la mira (Italy), Der Lord mit der MP (West Germany), As Aventuras de o Santo (Portugal).[3]
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais.[4] A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare[5] 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.[6] The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.
References
- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- ^ Travers, James (2017-07-27). "Review of the film Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)". frenchfilms.org. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ Le Saint prend l'affût at IMDb
- ^ "Remembering Gil Delamare". .Westerns...All'Italiana!. 1924-10-14. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ Baxter, John (1974). Stunt: the Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men, p. 245.
- ^ Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, vol. 12~25, 1967, p. 33.
External links
- Le Saint prend l'affût at IMDb
- Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) at Films de France
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The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris
- The Saint (Simon Templar)
- Patricia Holm
- Claud Eustace Teal
- Meet the Tiger (1928)
- Enter the Saint (1930)
- The Last Hero (1930)
- Knight Templar (1930)
- Featuring the Saint (UK only – 1931)
- Alias the Saint (UK only – 1931)
- Wanted for Murder (US only – 1931)
- She Was a Lady (1931)
- The Holy Terror (1932)
- Getaway (1932)
- Once More the Saint (1933)
- The Brighter Buccaneer (1933)
- The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal (1934)
- Boodle (1934)
- The Saint Goes On (1934)
- The Saint in New York (1935)
- Saint Overboard (1936)
- The Ace of Knaves (1937)
- Thieves' Picnic (1937)
- Prelude for War (1938)
- Follow the Saint (1938)
- The Happy Highwayman (1939)
- The Saint in Miami (1940)
- The Saint Goes West (1942)
- The Saint Steps In (1942)
- The Saint on Guard (1944)
- The Saint Sees it Through (1946)
- Call for the Saint (1948)
- Saint Errant (1948)
- The Saint in Europe (1953)
- The Saint on the Spanish Main (1955)
- The Saint Around the World (1956)
- Thanks to the Saint (1957)
- Señor Saint (1958)
- The Saint to the Rescue (1959)
- Trust the Saint (1962)
- The Saint in the Sun (1963)
(credited to Charteris)
- Vendetta for the Saint (1964)
- The Saint on TV (1968)
- The Saint Returns (1968)
- The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1968)
- The Saint Abroad (1969)
- The Saint in Pursuit (1970)
- The Saint and the People Importers (1971)
- Catch the Saint (1975)
- The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976)
- Send for the Saint (1977)
- The Saint in Trouble (1978)
- The Saint and the Templar Treasure (1979)
- Count On the Saint (1980)
- Salvage for the Saint (1983)
- The Saint (film novelization) (1997)
- Capture the Saint (1997)
- The Saint's Second Front (1941)
- Bet on the Saint (1968)
- The Saint's Lady (1979)
- The Saint in New York (1938)
- The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
- The Saint in London (1939)
- The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
- The Saint Takes Over (1940)
- The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
- The Saint's Vacation (1941)
- The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
- The Saint's Return (1953)
- Le Saint mène la danse (1960)
- Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)
- The Saint (1997)
- The Fiction Makers (1968)
- Vendetta for the Saint (1969)
- The Saint and the Brave Goose (1983)
- The Saint in Manhattan (1987)
- Fear in Fun Park (1989)
- The Saint: The Blue Dulac (1989)
- The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (1989)
- The Saint: Wrong Number (1990)
- The Saint: The Software Murders (1990)
- The Saint: The Big Bang (1990)
- The Saint (2017)
- The Saint (radio program)
- The Saint (TV series)
- episodes
- theme music
- Return of the Saint
- "Vicious Circle"
- Daredevil (1929) (Teal's first appearance)
- S.W.O.R.D. (fictional organization)
- Hirondel (Templar's car)
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