career,based on novel or book,black humor,ambition,firm

Carom Shots (1963)

Poster for Carom Shots

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...

Cast & Crew

Director
Marcel Bluwal
  • Profile picture of Jean-Claude Brialy
    Paul Martin Jean-Claude Brialy
  • Profile picture of Michel Serrault
    Baudu, police inspector Michel Serrault
  • Profile picture of Louis de Funès
    Norbert Charolais, General Director of 321 Louis de Funès
  • Profile picture of Sophie Daumier
    Solange, secretary and lover of Paul Sophie Daumier
  • Profile picture of Anne Tonietti
    Danielle Brossard, Paul's fiancée Anne Tonietti
  • Profile picture of Henri Virlogeux
    Mr. Brossard Henri Virlogeux
  • Profile picture of Alfred Adam
    Hubert Beaumanoir, senior manager of 321 Alfred Adam
  • Profile picture of René Clermont
    Frépillon, senior manager of 321 René Clermont

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Keywords

  • career
  • based on novel or book
  • black humor
  • ambition
  • firm