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Carom Shots (1963)

Original title: Carambolages

1963-05-15 · 1h 28m · FR
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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...

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Michel AudiardWriterMarcel BluwalDirector

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Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsNorbert CharolaisJean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude BrialyPaul MartinMichel SerraultMichel SerraultLe commissaire BauduSophie DaumierSophie DaumierSolangeAnne ToniettiAnne ToniettiDanielle BrossardHenri VirlogeuxHenri VirlogeuxBrossardAlfred AdamAlfred AdamHubert BeaumanoirRené ClermontRené ClermontFrépillonJacques DynamJacques DynamMacheronPaul GayPaul GayLe speaker TVGilberte GéniatGilberte GéniatMadame BrossardJean OzenneJean OzenneD'Aleyrac

Keywords

Based on novel or bookBlack humorAmbitionCareerFirmDark humor

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedy · CrimeTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Black Humor · AmbitionMood preferenceDark HumorDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference342428

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What is Carom Shots about?

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...

How long is Carom Shots?

Carom Shots has a runtime of 88 minutes.