The Lions Are Loose

1961 Italian film

20 September 1961 (1961-09-20)

Running time

95 minutesCountriesItaly
FranceLanguageFrench

Les Lions sont lâchés (US title: The Lions Are Loose) is a 1961 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil, and written by France Roche and Michel Audiard (dialogue). The music score was by Georges Garvarentz and the cinematography by Christian Matras.

It tells the story of three women living in Paris.

Principal cast

Jean-Claude Brialy as Didier Marèze
Claudia Cardinale as Albertine Ferran
Danielle Darrieux as Marie-Laure Robert-Guichard
Michèle Morgan as Cécile
Lino Ventura as Le docteur André Challenberg
Denise Provence as Hélène Challenberg
Daniel Ceccaldi as Georges Guichard
Martine Messager as Florence Guichard
Darry Cowl as Richard
Jean Ozenne as Alfred Robert-Guichard
Francis Nani as Arnaud Guichard
François Nocher as Gilles
Louis Arbessier as Frédéric Moine
Bernard Musson as Gabriel, Butler
Charles Aznavour as himself

External links

Les Lions sont lâchés at Alice Cinema
The Lions Are Loose at IMDb
The Lions Are Loose at AllMovie

Films directed by Henri Verneuil

Village Feud (1951)
Full House (1952)
Forbidden Fruit (1952)
The Baker of Valorgue (1953)
Carnival (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
The Lovers of Lisbon (1955)
People of No Importance (1956)
Paris, Palace Hotel (1956)
A Kiss for a Killer (1957)
Maxime (1958)
The Big Chief (1959)
The Cow and I (1959)
It Happened All Night (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The President (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
The 25th Hour (1967)
Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
The Burglars (1971)
Night Flight from Moscow (1973)
Fear Over the City (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
I as in Icarus (1979)
A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982)
Les Morfalous (1984)
Mother (1991)
588 rue paradis (1992)

v t e Films by Michel Audiard
Written and directed	Leontine (1968) A Golden Widow (1969) Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970) Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)
Written only	Mission in Tangier (1949) Beware of Blondes (1950) Darling Caroline (1951) Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951) My Wife Is Formidable (1951) The Man in My Life (1952) Massacre in Lace (1952) She and Me (1952) The Long Teeth (1953) The Most Wanted Man (1953) The Three Musketeers (1953) April Fools' Day (1954) The Cheerful Squadron (1954) Love in a Hot Climate (1954) Quay of Blondes (1954) Gas-Oil (1955) Blood to the Head (1956) Mannequins of Paris (1956) Short Head (1956) Fugitive in Saigon (1957) Retour de manivelle (1957) Speaking of Murder (1957) Three Days to Live (1957) Le désordre et la nuit (1958) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Les Misérables (1958) The Possessors (1958) Archimède le clochard (1959) Babette Goes to War (1959) Eyes of Love (1959) Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Rue des prairies (1959) Too Late to Love (1959) The Baron of the Locks (1960) Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) The Old Guard (1960) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) Famous Love Affairs (1961) The Lions Are Loose (1961) The President (1961) Taxi for Tobruk (1961) The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) Emile's Boat (1962) The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) A Monkey in Winter (1962) Any Number Can Win (1963) Carom Shots (1963) Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) The Trip to Biarritz (1963) La Chasse à l'homme (1964) The Great Spy Chase (1964) Greed in the Sun (1964) Salad by the Roots (1964) Une souris chez les hommes (1964) Les Bons Vivants (1965) Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965) Tender Scoundrel (1966) All Mad About Him (1967) An Idiot in Paris (1967) Johnny Banco (1967) A Little Virtuous (1968) Pasha (1968) Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) Incorrigible (1975) Body of My Enemy (1976) The Big Operator (1976) Animal (1977) Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) Cop or Hood (1979) Les Égouts du paradis (1979) Le Guignolo (1980) Jupiter's Thigh (1980) Il lupo e l'agnello (1980) Garde à Vue (1981) The Professional (1981) Espion, lève-toi (1982) Deadly Circuit (1983) Le Marginal (1983) Dog Day (1984) Les Morfalous (1984) La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985) He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed