
Female Trouble(1974)
Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.


Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he wants, he begins plotting the demise of the head of the company. The company itself specializes in holiday travel and unscrupulously brutalizes its customers for maximum profit, spending more thought on publicity gimmicks than customer service...

Jean-Claude Brialy
Paul Martin

Michel Serrault
Le commissaire Baudu

Louis de Funès
Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321

Sophie Daumier
Solange, secrétaire et amant de Paul

Anne Tonietti
Danielle Brossard, fiancée de Paul

Henri Virlogeux
Mr. Brossard

Alfred Adam
Hubert Beaumanoir, cadre supérieur du 321

René Clermont
Frépillon, cadre supérieur du 321

Jacques Dynam
Macheron, collaborateur de Paul

Paul Gay
Le speaker TV
Carom Shots is a comedy, crime film released in 1963 exploring themes of career, based on novel or book, black humor, ambition, firm. Directed by Marcel Bluwal, it stars Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Serrault, Louis de Funès. Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he wants, he begins plotting the demise of the head of the company. The company itself specializes in holiday travel and unscrupulously brutalizes its customers for maximum profit, spending more thought on publicity gimmicks than customer service...
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