Male Hunt

{{Short description|1964 film by Édouard Molinaro}} {{Infobox film | name = Male Hunt | image = Male Hunt poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|La Chasse à l'homme}} | director = Édouard Molinaro | screenplay = France Roche {{Infobox|decat=yes|child=yes|label1=Dialogue by|data1=Michel Audiard}} | story = {{Plainlist| * Albert Simonin * Yvon Guézel * Michel Duran }} | producer = {{Plainlist| * Robert Amon * Claude Jaeger }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Jean-Claude Brialy * Catherine Deneuve * Marie Laforêt * Claude Rich * Françoise Dorléac * Jean-Paul Belmondo }} | cinematography = Andréas Winding | editing = {{Plainlist| * Robert Isnardon * Monique Isnardon }} | music = {{Plainlist| * Michel Magne * Giorgos Zampetas }} | studio = {{Plainlist| * Procinex * Mondex Films * Filmsonor * Euro International Films }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * Gaumont Distribution (France) * Euro International Films (Italy) }} | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1964|9|18|Italy|1964|9|22|France}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = {{Plainlist| * France * Italy }} | language = French | budget = | gross = $12.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9260|title=La Chasse à l'homme (1964)|website=JP Box-Office|language=fr}}</ref> }} '''''Male Hunt'''''<ref>{{cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/04/20/archives/male-hunt-opens-at-the-paris-theaterpicture-stars-brialy-and-miss.html |title=Screens: 'Male Hunt' Opens at the Paris Theater |newspaper=The New York Times |date=20 April 1965 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Blake |first=Meredith |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-dec-08-la-et-mn-edouard-molinaro-dies-director-of-la-cage-aux-folles-20131208-story.html |title=Edouard Molinaro, director of 'La Cage Aux Folles,' dies at 85 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=8 December 2013 |access-date=20 March 2023 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320143118/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-dec-08-la-et-mn-edouard-molinaro-dies-director-of-la-cage-aux-folles-20131208-story.html |archive-date=20 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tobey |first=Matthew |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/la-chasse-a-lhomme-v101046 |title=La Chasse A L'Homme (1964) – Édouard Molinaro |website=AllMovie |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> ({{langx|fr|La chasse à l'homme}}; {{langx|it|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.

==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 * {{ill|Jacqueline Mille|fr}} as Odette * {{ill|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425 |title=Box office Jean-Paul BELMONDO |website=Box Office Story |language=fr |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title}} * {{AlloCiné title}} * [http://www.lefilmguide.com/review/la-chasse-a-l-homme-1964.html ''Male Hunt'']{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Le Film Guide

Category:1964 films Category:1964 comedy films Category:1964 French films Category:1964 French-language films Category:1964 Italian films Category:Films directed by Édouard Molinaro Category:Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard Category:French black-and-white films Category:French comedy films Category:French-language Italian films Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:Italian comedy films Category:Films scored by Michel Magne