Tintin and the Golden Fleece The film ends with Tintin, Snowy, Haddock, Calculus, Nestor, Clodion, Romulus and the postman from the beginning of the film, being treated to a visit by the local band to help them celebrate and Romulus in Calculus's new invention, a flying birdcage. The actors playing Thomson and Thompson are listed as "incognito" in the end credits. Snowy the dog is credited as Milou, which is his original French name. Marcel Bozzuffi, who plays the thug Angorapoulos, is best known as the hitman pursued in the famous car chase and shot by Gene Hackman in "The French Connection". "Karabine" is a
Tintin and the Golden Fleece pun on "carabine", the French for "rifle", a hint that the character may be an arms dealer, though his business is called "Karexport" ("car-export"). The crocodile that symbolises the company (but which is red and facing leftwards) is similar to the logo of Lacoste clothing. "Scoubidouvitch" comes from the term Scoubidou which was popular at the time. The film was made into a book, in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish. Unlike most of the Tintin books, including that of the animated film "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks", it is not in comic strip form, but is made up of