Retour Du Grand Blond, Le (The Return Of The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe)

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THE RETURN OF THE TALL BLOND GUY

Last May 6th,

Franois Perrin arrived at Orly.

He was wearing different coloured shoes.

That was the start of the adventure...

...of the Tall Blond Guy

with one black shoe.

This man, chosen from the crowd, by

coincidence, went to become the hero...

...of an espionage affair. Colonel

Toulouse, head of a secret service...

...sent him into the hands

of his assistant, colonel Milan...

...who, he thought, was too

much of a careerist.

Toulouse made it look as if the Tall

Blond Guy was an international spy.

His plan was simple:

if observed well enough...

...every innocent person becomes

strange and suspect.

The Tall Blond Guy was going to avoid,

unknowingly, the traps set by Milan...

...and his team. Christine, one of the

top specialists of colonel Milan...

...didn't get anything out of him.

She even ended up falling

in love with him.

The innocence of

the Tall Blond Guy...

...led to the fall of colonel Milan.

That is how colonel Toulouse...

...got rid of his

over ambitious assistant.

Maurice Lefvre, a friend of the Tall

Blond Guy, witnessed the massacre.

And his sanity was

gravely compromised by it.

The Tall Blond Guy, still

totally unaware, went to Rio...

...with Christine. A just

reward after this incredible story.

Three months later...

A letter. A letter from the

Tall Blond Guy, captain.

"Maurice Lefvre"

"Dear Maurice, don't talk to

anybody about this letter.

You'd endanger us both.

First of all, rest assured

that I'm totally sane.

We got entangled in an espionage

affair of some ruthless people.

They used us to settle their scores.

They manipulated us.

One day, I'll tell you,

this incredible story in person."

Mr. Lefvre?

-Yes?

A letter for you.

Captain Cambrai.

-Who gave you this letter?

I'm heading an investigation

into the death of colonel Milan.

Did you intercept my mail?

Now I know what

I wanted to know:

Colonel Toulouse got rid of

Milan, using the Tall Blond Guy.

Come Maurice.

-If you agree to testify...

...we can get colonel Toulouse,

Mr. Lefvre.

Do you understand? We need

you to testify.

I don't want to get anybody.

This story nearly drove me mad.

Just leave me alone, understood?

Yes?

-Hello, sir.

Dear Perrache, let's pay our

respects to the new minister.

He came from Agriculture.

He's 45 years old, has an unfuckable

wife and has 4 children.

Which proves that

he's capable of anything.

He has a passion for

Japanese fish.

You know, they don't eat a lot.

At Agriculture,

I had a more practical desk.

Less high and bigger.

Here's the file, minister.

-Ah yes.

If it's in the interest of your

investigation, I'll play along, captain.

But I'd like to understand.

I'll explain when I have formal proof.

The affair is too serious.

He likes to hear himself talk.

He's smug and slippery...

...like a piece of soap.

He has a 22 year old mistress.

We bugged her place

He calls her "my little rascal".

She calls him "my big log".

The Big Log.

Colonel!

-I'd like to introduce myself.

I'm happy to work for you.

-Thank you, minister.

I know your reputation, colonel.

Captain Cambrai...

Perrache.

Well, gentlemen...

...we'll make a great team.

And you'll see that

I don't waste time.

Although I'm new at the job,

I already have something to show you.

"THE TALL BLOND GUY

WITH ONE BLACK SHOE"

Milan, your assistant,

seems to have had a small obsession.

He kept files

on everybody.

This one seemed very interesting.

Poor colonel Milan.

He was a remarkable man.

-Yes, Franois Perrin, nicknamed...

...the "Tall Blond Guy with

one black shoe", 32 years old...

...single, normal childhood,

conservatory, military service.

Wait, that's not what we're

interested in. First violin...

Ah, this is interesting. A note

written by colonel Milan himself.

"The Tall Blond Guy

with one black shoe...

...works for colonel Toulouse.

Super agent, working alone.

Exceptional cover: violinist.

Cold blooded, nerves of steel,

formidable.

The Tall Blond Guy is the most

dangerous man I met in 30 years...

...of intelligence service."

He must be one of your best men.

He's... What?

This super agent must be a

very special person.

Yes, yes, he's a good operative.

-Bring him to me.

Excuse me?

-Bring him to me. I want to meet him.

But that's impossible.

-Ah, why?

Because he's on a mission.

Where?

-In the tropics.

Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Wednesday.

Excuse me? -He's playing in Paris,

next week. -Who?

The Tall Blond Guy... An excellent

opportunity to introduce him to me, no?

Why didn't that loser stay away?

You did very well, minister.

I admit that I'm a bit

worried about all those mysteries.

You see, at Agriculture, things are

a bit more... how should I put it?

Straightforward, that's it.

Straightforward.

I want a real file on him, Perrache.

His interests, his passions, his vices.

-Yes, sir.

I also wouldn't want to antagonise...

...Colonel Toulouse.

I'm a bit worried about him.

I'll get this Big Log.

What about his tax declaration?

He pays his taxes, sir.

-Why?

I don't know, sir.

-He always wants to be different.

We could have told him that...

-What? That you picked him at Orly?

That the Tall Blond Guy was

an average guy from the crowd?

An a**hole trap.

No, no, dear Perrache.

We'd risk our jobs and

Never forget that he's dead

and that the Tall Blond Guy...

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