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Carom Shots

Carom Shots

19636.01h 28m

Overview

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...

Directed by Marcel Bluwal
Written by Michel Audiard, Pierre Tchernia, Marcel Bluwal
Produced by Alain Poiré, Jean Le Duc
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Top Cast

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Paul Martin

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Le commissaire Baudu

Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321

Sophie Daumier

Sophie Daumier

Solange, secrétaire et amant de Paul

Anne Tonietti

Anne Tonietti

Danielle Brossard, fiancée de Paul

Henri Virlogeux

Henri Virlogeux

Mr. Brossard

Alfred Adam

Alfred Adam

Hubert Beaumanoir, cadre supérieur du 321

René Clermont

René Clermont

Frépillon, cadre supérieur du 321

Jacques Dynam

Jacques Dynam

Macheron, collaborateur de Paul

Paul Gay

Paul Gay

Le speaker TV

Themes & Keywords

careerbased on novel or bookblack humorambitionfirm

About Carom Shots

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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