Drôle d'embrouille

Titre original : Foul Play

1978
14A
1h 56m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,8/10

18 k

MA NOTE

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

Liretrailer1 min 02 s

1 vidéo

75 photos

Bumbling Detective Farce Parody Comedy Mystery Thriller

Un bibliothécaire timide de San Francisco et un flic maladroit tombent en amour alors qu'ils résolvent un crime impliquant des albinos, des nains et l'Église catholique.Un bibliothécaire timide de San Francisco et un flic maladroit tombent en amour alors qu'ils résolvent un crime impliquant des albinos, des nains et l'Église catholique.Un bibliothécaire timide de San Francisco et un flic maladroit tombent en amour alors qu'ils résolvent un crime impliquant des albinos, des nains et l'Église catholique.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,8/10

18 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Nommé pour 1 oscar
- 9 nominations au total

Vidéos1

Trailer 1:02

VHS Trailer

Photos75

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Anecdotes
The film is an homage to the suspense movies of Sir Alfred Hitchcock. The picture was released seven months after Mel Brooks' Hitchcock spoof Le grand frisson (1977). Writer and director Colin Higgins previously had written Transamerica express (1976), which was also a Hitchcock-like spoof thriller, and starred Brooks collaborators Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.

Gaffes
Dudley Moore's conducting isn't always consistent with the music. This may not be a goof. A real orchestra conductor is always half a beat ahead of the music. It would be incorrect for him to be completely in sync with the music.

Citations
[Ethel and Elsie are playing Scrabble. Ethel has just put down the letters "-ucker", to which Elsie has added "muther-"]
Ethel: Wait, Elsie. I think you're wrong. I think you spell that word with a hyphen.

Générique farfelu
Esme the snake is played by Shirley Python.

Connexions
Featured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)

Bandes originales
Copacabana (At the Copa)
Written by Jack Feldman, Bruce Sussman, and Barry Manilow
Sung by Barry Manilow
Courtesy of Arista Records

Commentaires des utilisateurs133

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8/10

A comedy thriller that comes out a winner

Cute looking Hawn gets mixed up in a big conspiracy and detective Chase is assigned to the case.

This Hitchcockian comedy thriller is a truly wonderful little film. It's cleverly written, expertly acted by the entire ensemble, suspenseful and outrageously funny when it wants to be. This happens to be one of the few movies that can successfully balance comedy and suspense and come out a winner.

The plot isn't easily spotted and old Hitchcock's influence are apparent, but the film feels completely original. Hawn is just wonderful here, Chase in his best ever role but Dudley Moore steals the show as a...well, likable pervert. The Bee Gees song Stayin' Alive will probably best be remembered here, rather than in Saturday Night Fever. You'll know when you see it.

Highly recommended.