Male Hunt

Male Hunt^[2][3][4] (French: La chasse à l'homme; Italian: Caccia al maschio) is a 1964 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Deneuve, Marie Laforêt, Claude Rich, Françoise Dorléac and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Male Hunt
Theatrical release poster
French	La Chasse à l'homme
Directed by	Édouard Molinaro
Screenplay by	France Roche
Dialogue by	Michel Audiard
Story by	Albert Simonin Yvon Guézel Michel Duran
Produced by	Robert Amon Claude Jaeger
Starring	Jean-Claude Brialy Catherine Deneuve Marie Laforêt Claude Rich Françoise Dorléac Jean-Paul Belmondo
Cinematography	Andréas Winding
Edited by	Robert Isnardon Monique Isnardon
Music by	Michel Magne Giorgos Zampetas
Production companies	Procinex Mondex Films Filmsonor Euro International Films
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution (France) Euro International Films (Italy)
Release dates	18 September 1964 (1964-09-18) (Italy) 22 September 1964 (1964-09-22) (France)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Box office	$12.5 million[1]

Plot

It is the day that Antoine, a Paris advertising man, is to marry the lovely Gisèle and his best man Julien, a divorced statistician, tries to talk him out of it with tales of the hard times he had from women, ending in entrapment by his stunning secretary Denise, a professional virgin. Going into a bistro for a quick drink before they drive to the wedding, the owner Fernand, a retired villain and pimp, tells the two of his exploits that ended in marriage to pretty but pushy Sophie. Antoine decides to run for it, taking one of the tickets for the honeymoon in Greece and giving the other to Fernand. On board ship, he falls for the delectable Sandra, a professional confidence woman, who cleans him out of his money but eventually agrees to marry him. Fernand comes back with an old millionairess, former brothel owner, who drives a Rolls-Royce. At the wedding of Antoine and Sandra, Julien falls for a sweet brunette.

Cast

• Jean-Claude Brialy as Antoine Monteil
• Françoise Dorléac as Françoise Bricart
• Marie Laforêt as Gisèle
• Claude Rich as Julien Brenot
• Catherine Deneuve as Denise Heurtin
• Marie Dubois as Sophie
• Hélène Duc as Madame Armande
• Bernadette Lafont as Flora
• Jacques Dynam as a mobster
• Tanya Lopert as Mauricette
• Jacqueline Mille (fr) as Odette
• Yvon Sarray (fr) as Sophie's father
• Patrick Thévenon as Hubert
• Francis Blanche as Kino Papatakis
• Bernard Blier as Mr. Heurtin
• Mireille Darc as Georgina
• Micheline Presle as Isabelle Lartois
• Michel Serrault as Gaston Lartois
• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Fernand
• Bernard Meunier as Sophie's boyfriend (uncredited)
• Noël Roquevert as the stepfather (uncredited)
• Henri Attal as a mobster (uncredited)
• Dominique Zardi as a mobster (uncredited)

Reception

Male Hunt recorded admissions of 1,664,555 in France.^[5]