The Menace
1961, French. Directed by Gérard Oury.
Josepha is on the verge eighteen living with her drunken washed up actor uncle. She longs for the companionship of a group of her mo-ped riding peers who dabble in activities on the shady side of a legal dividing line. In order to get the semi-delinquent group to accept her, Josepha runs to the police with a tall tale about the local druggist, Savary. The police are looking for a sex murderer, and Josepha insists Savary is their man. What she does not know, however, can do her considerable damage.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 1 March 1961
- Original title
- La Menace
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Alain Poiré, Gérard Oury, Frédéric Dard
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The Menace runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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The Menace isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 1961. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Menace?
The Menace (1961) was directed by Gérard Oury and stars Robert Hossein, Marie-José Nat, Paolo Stoppa.