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Umbrella Coup (1980)

1h 35m · 8 Oct 1980
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Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.

Movie ID51666
GenreComedy, Crime
DirectorGérard Oury
Main castPierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot, Gordon Mitchell, Roger Carel, Gert Fröbe, Maurice Risch
Release date8 October 1980
Release year1980
LanguageFrench
Duration95 min (1h 35m)
Rating6.9 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseGaumont

Director: Gérard Oury
Writers: Danièle Thompson, Gérard Oury

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Pierre RichardGrégoire Lecomte, acteur à mi-temps, dragueur à plein temps Valérie MairesseSylvette, alias Bunny, inspecteur à la D.S.T. Christine MurilloJosyane Leblanc, contractuelle parisienne, régulière de Grégoire Gérard JugnotFrédo, agent artistique de Grégoire Gordon MitchellMoskovitz, le tueur à gages Roger CarelSalvatore Bozzoni, couturier et fournisseur de poison Gert FröbeOtto Krampe, dit La Baleine Maurice RischLe producteur de Paris Dominique LavanantMireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire Axelle AbbadieJuliette, la fleuriste, ex-femme non divorcée de Grégoire Yaseen KhanRadj Kahn, homme de main de La Baleine Didier SauvegrainStanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle' Mike MarshallLe docteur, homme de main de La Baleine Vittorio CaprioliDon Barberini, mafioso italien Tiberio MurgiaLorenzo, homme de confiance de Don Barberini Patrick LecocqLe journaliste télé Robert DalbanLe régisseur du café-théâtre
Georges Anderson
Ceyla LacerdaMannequin brésilienne, 2nd épouse de Pierre (archive footage)
Dominique VirtonLe metteur en scène

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