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A Killing Success poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 65.1 / 100
1963·Comedy / Crime·1h 28m

A KILLING SUCCESS

Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he wants, he begins plotting the demise of the head of the company. The company itself specializes in holiday travel and unscrupulously brutalizes its customers for maximum profit, spending more thought on publicity gimmicks than customer service...

Above the Line
Marcel Bluwal·DirectorMichel Audiard·WriterPierre Tchernia·AdaptationAndré Bac·Director of PhotographyGérard Calvi·Original Music ComposerGeneviève Vaury·Editor
Cast
Jean-Claude Brialy·Paul MartinMichel Serrault·Le commissaire BauduLouis de Funès·Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321Sophie Daumier·Solange, secrétaire et amant de PaulAnne Tonietti·Danielle Brossard, fiancée de PaulHenri Virlogeux·Mr. BrossardAlfred Adam·Hubert Beaumanoir, cadre supérieur du 321René Clermont·Frépillon, cadre supérieur du 321Jacques Dynam·Macheron, collaborateur de PaulPaul Gay·Le speaker TV
Full Crew
(20 credits)
Directing· 3
Marcel Bluwal·DirectorDaniel Wronecki·Assistant DirectorChantal Larouette·Assistant Director
Writing· 4
Michel Audiard·WriterPierre Tchernia·AdaptationMarcel Bluwal·AdaptationFred Kassak·Original Story
Camera· 2
André Bac·Director of PhotographyRaymond Letouzey·Camera Operator
Editing· 2
Geneviève Vaury·EditorInès Collignon·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Gérard Calvi·Original Music ComposerRené-Christian Forget·Sound DirectorJean-Maurice Jak·Boom Operator
Art & Design· 1
Michel Deruelle·Key Makeup Artist
Production· 5
Alain Poiré·ProducerJean Le Duc·ProducerGuy Azzi·AdministrationRobert Sussfeld·Production DirectorHubert Mérial·Production Director
By the Numbers
65.1
OF 100
Master Score
6.1
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
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