Lemmy pour les dames is a 1962 French eurospy film directed by Bernard Borderie.
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Synopsis
Lemmy Caution is on holidays. While he seeks recreation he happens to get entangled in a murder investigation. Soon it is revealed that the female victim had been blackmailed by a foreign secret service. Her husband works for the government and is in possession of national secrets. Her friends are likewise blackmailed and forced into spying on their husbands. Lemmy takes care of this matter.
Cast
Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution
Françoise Brion as Marie-Christine
Claudine Coster as Françoise
Éliane d'Almeida as Sophie
Yvonne Monlaur as Claudia
Jacques Berthier as Doctor Nollet
Robert Berri as Dombie
Guy Delorme as Mirko
Lionel Roc as Hugo
Paul Mercey as Inspector Boumègue
Jacques Hilling as the hotel keeper
Carita as Perraque
Background
Henri Cogan was the instructor and choreographer for all fighting scenes.
Reception
"The Eurospy Guide" evaluates the film as "a pleasant diversion" which is fit to make modern audiences understand why Eddie Constantine enjoyed such popularity back then.