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RIP Claudia Cardinale The fight in The Legend of Frenchie King (1971) between Claudia and Brigitte Bardot was the Euro sex symbol equivalent of the restaurant scene in Heat with Pacino and De Niro. These two ladies were other-worldly.

Image in tweet by The Sting

@TheStingisBack This scene is missing a paddling pool full of Butterscotch Angel Delight

@TheStingisBack Who in the hell do you cheer for???

@TheStingisBack Well, it was okay. But nothing compared to Raquel vs Martine Beswick in 1 million years BC.

@TheStingisBack I can’t believe the director required 37 takes for this scene….

@TheStingisBack Shits all over Five Days in the Valley

@TheStingisBack It’s the first time I’ve seen this movie referred with this title as it was called ‘Lee Petroleuses’ in English Canada (probably inspired by its original French title Les Pétroleuses). It often played on French Canadian TV when I was young and I wouldn’t miss it for the world 🥰

@TheStingisBack This is currently languishing quietly on @primevideouk! The image used has it under its French title - Les Petroleuses, and it's the French version (English subs) with random bits in English. It's also a piss-poor copy. 14:9 letterbox within 4:3. Hopefully the US fares better.

@TheStingisBack Guys lean a little farther forward every time they hear the fabric tearing sound effect 🤣

@TheStingisBack Cat fight! Better than Alexis and Krystle Carrington in Dynasty...

@TheStingisBack And how have I never seen this film? That might be the greatest two minutes in film history.

@TheStingisBack Cat fight on steroids!

@TheStingisBack I kept expecting Claudia to burst out of her bodice!

@TheStingisBack Probably the hottest fight in cinematic history 👀

@TheStingisBack Catfight? Tigerfight, more like!

@TheStingisBack Characters ended up respecting each other didn't they? When folks want to fight without killing each other LET THEM FINISH, the loser knows they lost and most times the winner doesn't want to do it again.

@TheStingisBack This has to be the best thing ever put to film

@TheStingisBack Holy hell she was HOT

@TheStingisBack 🍿👍🏻

@TheStingisBack Women back then were so beautiful. They had hardly any if no tattoos. I think that is beautiful.

@TheStingisBack The director got the boobs to sweat ratio perfect

@TheStingisBack Damn a movie I’ve not seen, looks great 💕

@TheStingisBack Goddesses of the big screen. ❤️

@TheStingisBack Fantastico!

@TheStingisBack Glorious cinema.

@TheStingisBack Funny seeing Michael J. Pollard, as the Sheriff.

@TheStingisBack I loved her pairing with Belmondo in 'Cartouche' (de Broca -1962).

Image in tweet by The Sting

@TheStingisBack Now that's a fight where everbody wins...

@TheStingisBack I think part of what makes this scene so good is that the fight is quite natural. What I mean is it seems much more like non-martial arts practitioners would fight. Not flashy, quite basic yet at the same time very raw and believable

@TheStingisBack Claudia Cardinale is probably the most gorgeous woman to grace the silver screen of cinema. Magnificent!

Image in tweet by The Sting

@TheStingisBack Blimey I need a lie down after watching that 👀 😁

@TheStingisBack I bet they had fun shooting that. I certainly had fun watching it.

@TheStingisBack Two sex symbols icons

@TheStingisBack That was somewhat of drag out, down and dirty fight !!

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