Review by brogmiller

One wonders what James Hadley Chase thought of this adaptation of 'Tiger by the Tail' directed by Julien Duvivier. The respectable banker in the book has here become a lovable, bumbling clarinettist in what is essentially a star vehicle for the marvellous Fernandel but even he cannot keep this afloat. John McGiver in this his first film steals his scenes as a dodgy art dealer and Bernard Blier has a thankless part as a nosey neighbour who discovers that curiosity kills the cat. This is a film that cannot make up its mind whether to be a comedy thriller or film noir and succeeds as neither. One of Duvivier's duds.