- Source: Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha
Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, also known as Blue Panther, is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol. 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".
Bibliography
Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.
References
External links
Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha
- Marie Laforêt
- Claude Chabrol
- Serge Reggiani
- Stéphane Audran
- List of films: M
- Jacques Hilling
- Jean Rabier
- Francisco Rabal
- Société nouvelle de cinématographie
