| Le Saint prend l'affût | |
| Director: | Christian-Jaque |
| Producer: | Intermondia Films, Medusa Produzione |
| Starring: | Jean Marais |
| Music: | Gérard Calvi |
| Cinematography: | Pierre Petit |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | 1,329,177 admissions (France)[1] |
Le Saint prend l'affût is a 1966 French comedy crime film. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, starring Jean Marais.[2] It is an adaptation of Leslie Charteris's French-only novel Le Saint prend l'affût (1960), featuring his character The Saint.[3]
The film was known under the title The Saint Lies in Wait (USA), (Italy), (West Germany), (Portugal).
During the making of the film, the stunt arranger Gil(bert-Yves) Delamare was killed doubling for Marais.[4] A doyen of French stunt drivers, Delamare[5] was skidding a Renault Floride S convertible for a twilight scene on a new patch of freeway when its back axle snapped rolling him and his passengers into a barrier. He was mortally injured when he struck his head on the windscreen.[6] The stunt passengers were thrown clear and survived.