Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

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Umbrella Coup

1980

1h 35m

6.9(177 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

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.

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Gaumont

Cast & Crew

20 members

Acting

Pierre Richard

Grégoire Lecomte, acteur à mi-temps, dragueur à plein temps

Pierre Richard

Acting

Valérie Mairesse

Sylvette, alias Bunny, inspecteur à la D.S.T.

Valérie Mairesse

Acting

Christine Murillo

Josyane Leblanc, contractuelle parisienne, régulière de Grégoire

Christine Murillo

Acting

Gérard Jugnot

Frédo, agent artistique de Grégoire

Gérard Jugnot

Acting

Gordon Mitchell

Moskovitz, le tueur à gages

Gordon Mitchell

Acting

Roger Carel

Salvatore Bozzoni, couturier et fournisseur de poison

Roger Carel

Acting

Gert Fröbe

Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine

Gert Fröbe

Acting

Maurice Risch

Le producteur de Paris

Maurice Risch

Acting

Dominique Lavanant

Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire

Dominique Lavanant

Acting

Axelle Abbadie

Juliette, la fleuriste, ex-femme non divorcée de Grégoire

Axelle Abbadie

Acting

Yaseen Khan

Radj Kahn, homme de main de La Baleine

Yaseen Khan

Acting

Didier Sauvegrain

Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle'

Didier Sauvegrain

Acting

Mike Marshall

Le docteur, homme de main de La Baleine

Mike Marshall

Acting

Vittorio Caprioli

Don Barberini, mafioso italien

Vittorio Caprioli

Acting

Tiberio Murgia

Lorenzo, homme de confiance de Don Barberini

Tiberio Murgia

Acting

Patrick Lecocq

Le journaliste télé

Patrick Lecocq

Acting

Robert Dalban

Le régisseur du café-théâtre

Robert Dalban

Acting

Georges Anderson

Unknown Role

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Acting

Ceyla Lacerda

Mannequin brésilienne, 2nd épouse de Pierre (archive footage)

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Acting

Dominique Virton

Le metteur en scène

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