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Strictly for Darry Cowl's fans ;the others can take to their heels ...

A detective story is awarded an one million Francs prize ;this being cause for celebration,the writer heads for Winter sports in a hotel full of American and Russian spies ,and a very clever girl (Sophie Daumier) he falls in love with.

The screenplay is more than far-fetched ,it's as undicepherable as the spies' mumbo-jumbo ;which does not matter anyway for half of the movie is an unterminable chase.

Stricty for Cowl's fans!

Saw it recently in "StudioCanal" in Canada.

French romp with the late actor Darry Cowl, who plays a somewhat pretentious book writer specialized in crime stories. As he is taking a vacation after winning a literary prize (a million Francs !), he is somewhat tangled in a strange story involving 2 teams of spys, a female book fan, the hotel owner and his strange valet, a zealous police commissioner and a cute "hotel rat" which our hero, Jerome, will fall in love with.

However, this tale of switcheroo (a lost letter inside bank notes) has a lot of slapstick around and ends up like a circus act inside a laundry room. However, in one point, you get a bit tired of this.

Besides Darry Cowl, fans of French-dubbed movies can enjoy the work of Roger Carel, whom with his Russian accent, if you close your eyes, can make you remember the many movies and cartoons he dubbed for most of his career.

Watch it one time and move on !