The Monocle Laughs

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The Monocle Laughs
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Directed by Georges Lautner
Written byGeorges Lautner
Jacques Robert
Albert Kantoff
Colonel Rémy (novel)
Starring Paul Meurisse
Marcel Dalio
Olivier Despax
Cinematography Maurice Fellous
Edited by Michelle David
Music by Michel Magne
Production
companies
Les Films Marceau
Laetitia Film
Distributed by Cocinor
Release date
  • 16 September 1964 (1964-09-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Language French

The Monocle Laughs or The Monocle (French: Le monocle rit jaune, Italian:L'ispettore spara a vista) is a 1964 French-Italian comedy thriller film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Marcel Dalio and Olivier Despax. [1] It is the third in a trilogy of films directed by Lautner and starring Meurisse. It is preceded by The Black Monocle (1961) and The Eye of the Monocle (1962).

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