The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe on Gulli: Pierre Richard mistaken for a spy

François Perrin has no idea that an internal war within the secret services has just made him a target. In The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, scheduled to air on Gulli, Pierre Richard plays a distracted violinist whose everyday actions are mistaken for those of a dangerous spy.

Louis Toulouse, head of the secret services, played by Jean Rochefort, sends his ambitious deputy Milan down this false trail. Bernard Blier plays the rival who sets out to keep an eye on Perrin, while Mireille Darc and Jean Carmet join in this comedy of misunderstandings.

Yves Robert directed this 1972 film and co-wrote it with Francis Veber, who wrote the dialogue. Vladimir Cosma’s music accompanies this encounter between a man who knows nothing of the trap and agents convinced they can decode his every move.

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