| Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha | |
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| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Written by | Daniel Boulanger (dialogue), Claude Chabrol (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Georges de Beauregard Pierre Gauchet |
| Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
| Edited by | Jacques Gaillard |
| Music by | Gregorio García Segura Pierre Jansen |
Release date | 1965 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Spain Italy |
| Language | French |
Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, also known as Blue Panther, is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.[1] based on the character in a series of novels by Jacques Chazot.
Plot
The French It girl Marie-Chantal gets accidentally entangled in a secret war between agents and terrorists. Before she actually realises what's going on around her, the henchmen of a certain Dr.Kha consider her a dangerous witness and try to hunt her down. On the run she gets to know an agent named Paco who works for Dr. Kha's counterpart Professor Lombardi.
Cast
- Marie Laforêt as Marie-Chantal
- Francisco Rabal as Paco Castillo
- Serge Reggiani as Ivanov
- Charles Denner as Johnson
- Akim Tamiroff as Dr. Kha
- Roger Hanin as Bruno Kerrien
- Stéphane Audran as Olga
- Pierre-François Moro as Hubert (as Pierre Moro)
- Gilles Chusseau as Gregor
- Antonio Passalia as Sparafucile / Gunshooter (as Anthony Pass)
- Robert Burnier as Old Swissman
- Claude Chabrol as Barman / Drugstore clerk
Reception
In "The Eurospy Guide" Matt Blake praises the direction as well as the cinematography as "top-notch", the choreography as partly "hilarious" and the music as "good". He evaluates the sum of it all as "immensely entertaining".[2]
Bibliography
- Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.
References
- ↑ "Blue Panther". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
- ↑ Blake, Deal, p.147f