Women Are Like That (1960 film)

Women Are Like That (French: Comment qu'elle est?) is a 1960 French spy thriller film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion and Alfred Adam. It is based on the 1945 novel I'll Say She Does by the British writer Peter Cheyney featuring hardboiled FBI agent Lemmy Caution.[1] It was part of a series of films featuring Constantine as Caution, inspired by the books by Cheyney who had a large French following.

Women Are Like That
Directed byBernard Borderie
Written byMarc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Bernard Borderie
Based onI'll Say She Does by Peter Cheyney
Produced byCharles Borderie
Raymond Borderie
StarringEddie Constantine
Françoise Brion
Alfred Adam
Narrated byRené Moulaert
CinematographyRobert Juillard
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
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Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Distributed byS.N. Prodis
Constantin Film (W. Germany)
Release date
  • 21 September 1960 (1960-09-21)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Synopsis

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Federal agent Lemmy Caution arrives in France to hunt down a spy known as Varley, but finds himself in a rivalry with the French police who are also chasing the same lead.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.82

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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