'' The Man in the Raincoat '' ( ) is a French-Italian comedy-thriller film directed by Julien Duvivier , scripted by the director and René Barjavel , from the 1954 novel '' Tiger by the Tail '' by James Hadley Chase . It was released in 1957 and shown at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival in competition for the Golden Bear . It stars Fernandel , ( with whom Duvivier had made two successful Don Camillo films earlier in the 1950s ) , and Bernard Blier
7th Berlin International Film Festival
7th Berlin International Film Festival
The Man in the Raincoat