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6.3/10   726 votes
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Director:
Claude Zidi
Writers:
Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Michel Audiard (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 October 1977 (France) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
A movie about a good-for-nothing stuntman called Mike Gaucher who can't do one single job without something going wrong... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Mike Gaucher et Bruno Ferrari

Raquel Welch ... Jane Gardner
Dany Saval ... Doris
Raymond Gérôme ... Le comte de Saint-Prix
Jane Birkin ... La vedette féminine
Johnny Hallyday ... La vedette masculine
Yves Mourousi ... Himself
Charles Gérard ... Hyacinthe
Claude Chabrol ... Le metteur en scène
Mario David ... Santos, le Gitan
Henri Génès ... Camille, le patron du bistrot
Julien Guiomar ... Fechner
Aldo Maccione ... Sergio Campanese
Jacques Alric ... Le maître d'hôtel
Henri Attal ... Un assistant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Stuntwoman
The Animal
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Runtime:
100 min | USA:91 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:AL (orginal rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | West Germany:6
Company:
Cerito Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After a couple of under performing movies (by Belmondo's high standards anyway), he returns with this movie which was the 5th highest grossing movie of its year in France. more
Movie Connections:
References King Kong (1933) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
See how movies REALLY are made!, 30 August 2002
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Author: Oliver Brzoska (filmolli@surfeu.de) from Berlin, Germany

One of the greatest films about moviemaking ever. Hundreds of extras running and fighting, a stuntman is jumping and falling down a 30 meter staircase again and again, getting hurt more and more, while the director is only worried about entertaining his leading role superstar bruno ferrari (what a name!), who's performance is getting worse and worse. And after take 15 the 1st AD whispers 'Dont you think take 1 was great, and if you want, you can mix it with take 3', and the director yells 'Okay, let's have lunch!

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