Carom Shots
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61% Critic Match

Carom Shots

6.1 / 10 1963 1h 28mNR French
ComedyCrime

Storyline

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...

Cast & Crew

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Paul Martin

Lead
Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Le commissaire Baudu

Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321

Sophie Daumier

Sophie Daumier

Solange, secrétaire et amant de Paul

Anne Tonietti

Anne Tonietti

Danielle Brossard, fiancée de Paul

Henri Virlogeux

Henri Virlogeux

Mr. Brossard

Alfred Adam

Alfred Adam

Hubert Beaumanoir, cadre supérieur du 321

René Clermont

René Clermont

Frépillon, cadre supérieur du 321

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marcel Bluwal's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Carom Shots is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker