Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha

Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha
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Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Produced by	Georges de Beauregard Pierre Gauchet
Written by	Daniel Boulanger (dialogue), Claude Chabrol (screenplay)
Music by	Gregorio García Segura Pierre Jansen
Cinematography	Jean Rabier
Release dates	1965
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France Spain Italy
Language	French

Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, also known as Blue Panther, is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.

Plot

The French It girl Marie-Chantal gets accidentally entangled in a secret war between agents and terrorists. Before she actually realises what's going on around her, the henchmen of a certain Dr.Kha consider her a dangerous witness and try to hunt her down. On the run she gets to know an agent named Paco who works for Dr. Kha's counterpart Professor Lombardi.

Cast

• Marie Laforêt as Marie-Chantal
• Francisco Rabal as Paco Castillo
• Serge Reggiani as Ivanov
• Charles Denner as Johnson
• Akim Tamiroff as Dr. Kha
• Roger Hanin as Bruno Kerrien
• Stéphane Audran as Olga
• Pierre-François Moro as Hubert (as Pierre Moro)
• Gilles Chusseau as Gregor
• Antonio Passalia as Sparafucile / Gunshooter (as Anthony Pass)
• Robert Burnier as Old Swissman
• Claude Chabrol as Barman / Drugstore clerk

Reception

In "The Eurospy Guide" Matt Blake praises the direction as well as the cinematography as "top-notch", the choreography as partly "hilarious" and the music as "good". He evaluates the sum of it all as "immensely entertaining".

External links

• Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha at IMDb