Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha

Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha

Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Produced by	Georges de Beauregard Pierre Gauchet
Written by	Daniel Boulanger (dialogue), Claude Chabrol (screenplay)
Music by	Gregorio García Segura Pierre Jansen
Cinematography	Jean Rabier
Release dates	1965
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France Spain Italy
Language	French

Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, also known as Blue Panther, is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.^[1]

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

↑ "Blue Panther". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
↑ Blake, Deal, p.147f

External links

Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha at the Internet Movie Database

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)
The Butcher (1970)
The Breach (1970)
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
Dr. Popaul (1972)
Wedding in Blood (1973)
The Nada Gang (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)
Chicken with Vinegar (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)
L'Enfer (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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