Hold-up

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Hold-up

1985

1h 54m

6.1(156 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

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45 members

Acting

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Grimm

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Guy Marchand

Georges

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Kim Cattrall

Lise Lefèvre

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Jacques Villeret

Jeremie Blanchet, taxi driver

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Jean-Pierre Marielle

Simon Labrosse

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Jean-Claude de Goros

Inspector Fox

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Tex Konig

Lasky

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Raymond Aquilon

Frankie, guardian

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Yvan Ponton

Tremplin

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Guy Provost

Mayor

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Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge

Child with rabbit

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Georges Carrère

Bank Director

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Richard Niquette

Hostage (4 children)

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Yves Jacques

Hostage 400 $

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Sophie Stanke

Nurse

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Karen Racicot

Journalist

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Marguerite Corriveau

Journalist U.S.A

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Michel Daigle

Pizza policeman

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Marie-Chantal Labelle

Lover

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Francis Reddy

Lover

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Claude Sandoz

Bank advertising

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Liliane Clune

Journalist

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Louis-Georges Girard

TV journalist

Costume & Make-Up

Charly Koubesserian

Hotel receptionist in Paris

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Jean-Marie Moncelet

Unknown Role

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Gilbert Comtois

North Atlantic Bank Security Guard

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Roger Léger

Unknown Role

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Renée Girard

Nurse

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Paul Dion

Truck Driver, who has his truck stolen by Lasky

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Richard Alary

Mounted Police Officer

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Jérôme Tiberghien

Unknown Role

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Claude Gai

Hostage

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Reine France

Hostage

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Johanne Fontaine

Unknown Role

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Guy Thauvette

Unknown Role

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Michel Laperrière

Unknown Role

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Luc-Martial Dagenais

News cameraman

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Ginette Boivin

Unknown Role

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Jean-Guy Bouchard

Unknown Role

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Sylvie Bourque

Hostage

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Nathalie Breuer

Unknown Role

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Serge Christiaenssens

Unknown Role

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Marie-Andrée Corneille

Unknown Role

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Sylvain Giguère

Hostage

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Maurice Auzel

Unknown Role

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