Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966

2h 12m

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7.9/10

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During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

Directors

Gérard Oury

Writers

Gérard Oury(screenplay by)

Marcel Jullian(screenplay by)

Danièle Thompson(screenplay by)

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Bourvil

Louis de Funès

Terry-Thomas

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Bourvil

Augustin Bouvet, house painter

Louis de Funès

Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera

Terry-Thomas

Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force

Claudio Brook

Peter Cunningham

Mike Marshall

Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force

Marie Dubois

Juliette

Pierre Bertin

Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater

Andréa Parisy

Sister Marie-Odile

Mary Marquet

Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune

Colette Brosset

Madame Germaine

Benno Sterzenbach

Major Achbach

Henri Génès

Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent

Paul Préboist

Fisherman in the boat

Sieghardt Rupp

Lieutenant Sturmer

Guy Grosso

The talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra

Michel Modo

Cross-eyed German machine gunner

Rudy Lenoir

German soldier on patrol

Jacques Bodoin

Méphistophélès from Faust at the Paris Opera

Directors

Gérard Oury

Writers

Gérard Oury(screenplay by)

Marcel Jullian(screenplay by)

Danièle Thompson(screenplay by)

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7/10

I'd watched this entertainingly farcical French wartime comedy for about half hour before I realised that the chap who looked like Terry-Thomas was, actually, Terry-Thomas! He, like everyone else here, is in his element as an RAF bomber crew find themselves shot down over Paris and dependent on a rather disparate selection of people to try and keep them from the hands of the Gestapo, and to help smuggle them out of the city and to some semblance of safety. It has all the hallmarks of a slightly less bawdy "Carry-On" film with some characterful performances from Bouvril ("Bouvet") and the increasingly amusing Louis de Funès as the suitably over-the-top orchestral maestro "Lefort". Neither gent is really equipped to guide our hapless trio of airmen out of their own bathrooms, much less from the grasp of the Nazis - but with the help of some silk parachutes, cunning disguises, nuns and horses - well who'd bet against them? Unlike many other films of this genre, this is actually funny. Sure, you can readily predict what is likely to happen, and some of the misunderstandings do have you wondering how was that even possible, but the ensemble cast including an on form Andréa Parisy and Benno Sterzenbach as the (no so) menacing "Maj. Achbach" give this just a soupçon of class that belies it's roots. Dated? Well yes, but still surprisingly enjoyable to watch.

Geronimo196710 Feb, 2023