Carom Shots

May 17, 1963

1h 28m

★ 6.1

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...

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)

Trianon Films

Carom Shots Trailers

Cast

Paul Martin

Jean-Claude Brialy

Baudu, police inspector

Michel Serrault

Norbert Charolais, General Director of 321

Louis de Funès

Solange, secretary and lover of Paul

Sophie Daumier

Danielle Brossard, Paul's fiancée

Anne Tonietti

Mr. Brossard

Henri Virlogeux

Hubert Beaumanoir, senior manager of 321

Alfred Adam

Frépillon, senior manager of 321

René Clermont

Macheron, Paul's collaborator

Jacques Dynam

TV announcer

Paul Gay

Madame Brossard

Gilberte Géniat

D'Aleyrac, senior manager of 321

Jean Ozenne

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