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Le Saint prend l'affût

1966 French film

Le Saint prend l'affût (English: The Saint Lies in Wait) is a 1966 French adventure drama film. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, written by Jean Ferry, starring Jean Marais.[2]

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Production

The film was known under the title The Saint Lies in Wait (USA), Il santo prende la mira (Italy), Der Lord mit der MP (West Germany), As Aventuras de o Santo (Portugal).[3]

During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais.[4] A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare[5] was skidding a Renault Floride S convertible for a twilight scene on a new patch of freeway when its back axle snapped rolling him and his passengers into a barrier. He was mortally injured when he struck his head on the windscreen.[6] The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.

References

  1. [1]
    "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
  2. [2]
    Travers, James (2017-07-27). "Review of the film Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)". frenchfilms.org. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. [3]
    Le Saint prend l'affût at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    "Remembering Gil Delamare". .Westerns...All'Italiana!. 1924-10-14. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  5. [5]
    Baxter, John (1974). Stunt: the Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men, p. 245.
  6. [6]
    Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, vol. 12~25, 1967, p. 33.


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