Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha
1965 French film
- 1965 (1965)
Running time
Spain
Italy
Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, also known as Blue Panther, is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.[1] 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".[2]
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
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Films directed by Claude Chabrol
- Le Beau Serge (1958)
- Les Cousins (1959)
- Web of Passion (1959)
- Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
- Wise Guys (1961)
- The Third Lover (1962)
- Landru (1963)
- Ophélia (1963)
- Code Name: Tiger (1964)
- Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha (1965)
- Six in Paris (segment "La Muette") (1965)
- Our Agent Tiger (1965)
- Line of Demarcation (1966)
- The Champagne Murders (1967)
- The Road to Corinth (1967)
- Les Biches (1968)
- The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
- This Man Must Die (1969)
- Le Boucher (1970)
- The Breach (1970)
- Just Before Nightfall (1971)
- Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
- Dr. Popaul (1972)
- Wedding in Blood (1973)
- Nada (1974)
- Pleasure Party (1975)
- Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
- Death Rite (1976)
- The Twist (1976)
- Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
- Blood Relatives (1978)
- Violette Nozière (1978)
- The Horse of Pride (1980)
- The Hatter's Ghost (1982)
- The Blood of Others (1984)
- Cop au Vin (1985)
- Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
- Masks (1987)
- The Cry of the Owl (1987)
- Story of Women (1988)
- Quiet Days in Clichy (1990)
- Dr. M (1990)
- Madame Bovary (1991)
- Betty (1992)
- The Eye of Vichy (1993)
- Hell (1994)
- La Cérémonie (1995)
- The Swindle (1997)
- The Color of Lies (1999)
- Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)
- The Flower of Evil (2003)
- The Bridesmaid (2004)
- Comedy of Power (2006)
- A Girl Cut in Two (2007)
- Bellamy (2009)
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