Women Are Like That (French: Comment qu'elle est?) is a 1960 French spy thriller film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion and Alfred Adam. It is based on the 1945 novel I'll Say She Does by the British writer Peter Cheyney featuring hardboiled FBI agent Lemmy Caution. It was part of a series of films featuring Constantine as Caution, inspired by the books by Cheyney who had a large French following.
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
Synopsis
Federal agent Lemmy Caution arrives in France to hunt down a spy known as Varley, but finds himself in a rivalry with the French police who are also chasing the same lead.
Cast
Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution
Françoise Brion as Martine
Alfred Adam as Pascal Girotti
Renaud Mary as Demur
Robert Berri as Dombie
Nicolas Vogel as Mayne
Françoise Prévost as Isabelle
André Luguet as Le général Rupert
Fabienne Dali as Danielle
Jacques Seiler as Le commissaire
Henri Cogan as Zucco
Billy Kearns as Charlie Ribban
Darling Légitimus as Palmyre
Colin Drake as Général Flash
Jean Landier as Le barman Vaudois
Albert Michel as Le brigadier au cabaret
Georges Demas as Le barman 'Pomme d'amour'
Marcel Pérès as Le premier agent cycliste
Émile Genevois as Le second agent cycliste
Henri Lambert as Le portier 'Chat botté'
Nicole Dore as La streap-teaseuse
Charles Marosi as L'expert-comptable
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.