The Black Monocle

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The Black Monocle
The Black Monocle.jpg
Directed by Georges Lautner
Written by
Produced by Lucien Viard
Starring
Cinematography Maurice Fellous
Edited by Michelle David
Music by Jean Yatove
Production
company
Orex Films
Distributed by Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 29 August 1961 (1961-08-29)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Black Monocle (French: Le monocle noir) is a 1961 French comedy crime film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen and Bernard Blier. [1] It was followed by two sequels The Eye of the Monocle (1962) and The Monocle Laughs (1964).

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