Male Hunt

1964 film by Édouard Molinaro

Male Hunt

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French| La Chasse à l'homme
Directed by| Édouard Molinaro
Screenplay by| France Roche
Dialogue by| Michel Audiard
Story by|

* Albert Simonin
* Yvon Guézel
* Michel Duran

Produced by|

* Claude Jaeger
* Georges Lourau

Starring|

* Jean-Claude Brialy
* Catherine Deneuve
* Marie Laforêt
* Claude Rich
* Françoise Dorléac
* Jean-Paul Belmondo

Cinematography| Andréas Winding
Edited by|

* Monique Isnardon
* Robert Isnardon

Music by|

* Michel Magne
* Giorgos Zampetas

Production
companies

* Procinex
* Mondex Films
* Filmsonor
* Euro International Film

Distributed by| Gaumont

Release dates

* 18 September 1964 (1964-09-18) (Italy)
* 22 September 1964 (1964-09-22) (France)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Countries|

* France
* Italy

Language| French
Box office| $12.5 million[1]

Male Hunt[2][3][4] (French: La chasse à l'homme; Italian: Caccia al maschio) is a 1964 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Deneuve, Marie Laforêt, Claude Rich, Françoise Dorléac and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

## Plot[edit]

It is the day that Antoine (Jean-Claude Brialy), a Paris advertising man, is to marry the lovely Gisèle (Marie Laforêt) and his best man Julien (Claude Rich), a divorced statistician, tries to talk him out of it with tales of the hard times he had from women, ending in entrapment by his stunning secretary Denise (Catherine Deneuve), a professional virgin. Going into a bistro for a quick drink before they drive to the wedding, the owner Fernand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a retired villain and pimp, tells the two of his exploits that ended in marriage to pretty but pushy Sophie (Marie Dubois). Antoine decides to run for it, taking one of the tickets for the honeymoon in Greece and giving the other to Fernand. On board ship, he falls for the delectable Sandra (Françoise Dorléac), a professional confidence woman, who cleans him out of his money but in the end agrees to marry him. Fernand comes back with an old millionairess, former brothel owner, who drives a Rolls. At the wedding of Antoine and Sandra, Julien falls for a sweet brunette.

## Cast[edit]

* Jean-Claude Brialy as Antoine Monteil
* Claude Rich as Julien Brenot
* Jean-Paul Belmondo as Fernand
* Marie Laforêt as Gisèle
* Jacqueline Mille as Odette
* Marie Dubois as Sophie
* Yvon Sarray as Sophie's father
* Bernard Meunier as Sophie's boyfriend
* Micheline Presle as Isabelle Lartois
* Michel Serrault as Gaston Lartois
* Bernadette Lafont as Flora
* Mireille Darc as Georgina
* Tanya Lopert as Mauricette
* Catherine Deneuve as Denise Heurtin
* Bernard Blier as Mr. Heurtin
* Françoise Dorléac as Françoise Bricart
* Francis Blanche as Kino Papatakis
* Hélène Duc as Madame Armande
* Noël Roquevert as the stepfather
* Patrick Thévenon as Hubert
* Jacques Dynam as a mobster
* Henri Attal as a mobster
* Dominique Zardi as a mobster

## Reception[edit]

La Chasse à l'homme recorded admissions of 1,664,555 in France.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "La Chasse à l'homme (1964)". JP Box-Office (in French).
2. ^ Crowther, Bosley (20 April 1965). "Screens: 'Male Hunt' Opens at the Paris Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
3. ^ Blake, Meredith (8 December 2013). "Edouard Molinaro, director of 'La Cage Aux Folles,' dies at 85". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
4. ^ Tobey, Matthew. "La Chasse A L'Homme (1964) – Édouard Molinaro". AllMovie. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
5. ^ Box office information for film at Box office story

## External links[edit]

* Male Hunt at IMDb
* Male Hunt at AllMovie
* La Chasse à l'homme at Le Film Guide

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* Back to the Wall
* The Road to Shame
* Witness in the City
* Une fille pour l'été
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* A Touch of Treason
* The Seven Deadly Sins (segment)
* Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin
* Agent 38-24-36
* Male Hunt
* When the Peasants Pass
* To Commit a Murder
* Oscar
* Hibernatus
* My Uncle Benjamin
* La liberté en croupe
* The Most Gentle Confessions
* Sweet Deception
* The Hostage Gang
* A Pain in the A...
* The Irony of Chance
* The Pink Telephone
* Dracula and Son
* The Hurried Man
* La Cage aux Folles
* Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses!
* Sunday Lovers (segment)
* La Cage aux Folles II
* For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now
* Just the Way You Are
* Palace
* Love on the Quiet
* Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
* The Supper
* Beaumarchais

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Written and directed|

* Leontine (1968)
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* Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
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Written only|

* Mission in Tangier (1949)
* Beware of Blondes (1950)
* Darling Caroline (1951)
* Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
* My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
* The Man in My Life (1952)
* Massacre in Lace (1952)
* She and Me (1952)
* The Long Teeth (1953)
* The Most Wanted Man (1953)
* The Three Musketeers (1953)
* April Fools' Day (1954)
* The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
* Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
* Quay of Blondes (1954)
* Gas-Oil (1955)
* Blood to the Head (1956)
* Mannequins of Paris (1956)
* Short Head (1956)
* Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
* Retour de manivelle (1957)
* Speaking of Murder (1957)
* Three Days to Live (1957)
* Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
* Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
* Les Misérables (1958)
* The Possessors (1958)
* Archimède le clochard (1959)
* Babette Goes to War (1959)
* Eyes of Love (1959)
* Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
* Rue des prairies (1959)
* Too Late to Love (1959)
* The Baron of the Locks (1960)
* Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
* The Old Guard (1960)
* The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
* Famous Love Affairs (1961)
* The Lions Are Loose (1961)
* The President (1961)
* Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
* The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
* Emile's Boat (1962)
* The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
* A Monkey in Winter (1962)
* Any Number Can Win (1963)
* Carom Shots (1963)
* Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
* The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
* La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
* The Great Spy Chase (1964)
* Greed in the Sun (1964)
* Salad by the Roots (1964)
* Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
* Les Bons Vivants (1965)
* Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
* La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
* Tender Scoundrel (1966)
* All Mad About Him (1967)
* An Idiot in Paris (1967)
* Johnny Banco (1967)
* A Little Virtuous (1968)
* Pasha (1968)
* Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
* Incorrigible (1975)
* Body of My Enemy (1976)
* The Big Operator (1976)
* Animal (1977)
* Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
* Cop or Hood (1979)
* Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
* Le Guignolo (1980)
* Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
* Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
* Garde à Vue (1981)
* The Professional (1981)
* Espion, lève-toi (1982)
* Deadly Circuit (1983)
* Le Marginal (1983)
* Dog Day (1984)
* Les Morfalous (1984)
* La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
* He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

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