# Joe: The Busybody (1971)

> A financially cornered playwright’s plan to silence a blackmailer becomes a delirious French corpse-concealment farce when an accidental shooting unleashes one disaster after another.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7234

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Comedy, Crime
- Director: Jean Girault
- Cast: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru, Bernard Blier, Guy Tréjan, Ferdy Mayne, Yvonne Clech, Florence Blot
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067274/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, frantic, macabre, classic comedy night, French cinema evening

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