---
title: 'The Devil by the Tail (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philippe de Broca'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devil-by-the-tail-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064232/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Devil by the Tail (1969)

1969 · 95 min · Comedy · France, Italy

Original title: Le Diable par la queue

## Synopsis

The Devil by the Tail is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud and Maria Schell. The French title refers to the idiom "Tirer le diable par la queue", meaning struggling to make ends meet.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Philippe de Broca](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-de-broca)
- **Screenplay:** [Philippe de Broca](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-de-broca), [Claude Sautet](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-sautet), [Daniel Boulanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-boulanger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Penzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-penzer)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Javet](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-javet)

## Cast

- [Jean Rochefort](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rochefort)
- [Maria Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-schell)
- [Pierre Tornade](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-tornade)
- [Philippe de Broca](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-de-broca)
- [Janine Berdin](https://cinepixo.com/people/janine-berdin)
- [Xavier Gélin](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-gelin)
- [Claude Piéplu](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-pieplu)
- [Clotilde Joano](https://cinepixo.com/people/clotilde-joano)
- [Tanya Lopert](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanya-lopert)
- [Jacques Balutin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-balutin)
- [Jean-Pierre Marielle](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-marielle)
- [Yves Montand](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-montand)
- [Madeleine Renaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-renaud)
- [Marthe Keller](https://cinepixo.com/people/marthe-keller)

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