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The Umbrella Coup (1980)

Le coup du parapluie (original title)
| Adventure , Comedy , Crime | 8 October 1980 (France)
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A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.

Director:

Gérard Oury

Writers:

Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson (as Danielle Thompson)

Stars:

Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierre Richard ... Grégoire Lecomte
Valérie Mairesse ... Sylvette, alias Bunny
Christine Murillo Christine Murillo ... Josyane Leblanc
Gordon Mitchell ... Moskovitz, le tueur
Gérard Jugnot ... Frédo
Maurice Risch Maurice Risch ... Le producteur de Paris
Dominique Lavanant Dominique Lavanant ... Mireille
Axelle Abbadie Axelle Abbadie ... Juliette, la fleuriste
Yaseen Khan Yaseen Khan ... Radj Kahn
Didier Sauvegrain Didier Sauvegrain ... Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle'
Mike Marshall Mike Marshall ... Le docteur
Roger Carel ... Salvatore Bozzoni
Vittorio Caprioli ... Don Barberini
Gert Fröbe ... Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine (as Gert Froebe)
Patrick Lecocq Patrick Lecocq ... Le journaliste télé
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Storyline

A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.

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Plot Keywords:

umbrella | mercedes benz | paris france | cannes | swimming pool | See All (11) »

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

8 October 1980 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

The Umbrella Coup See more »

Filming Locations:

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont,Gaumont International See more »
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Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Some of the secondary music (like the theme we hear in the answer-phone, or the one we hear on the radio) are taken from The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972). See more »

Goofs

In the latter part of the movie, when the car is leaving the airport car park, there is a van in the background with a poster on it which says "Gerard Oury et Pierre Richard en 'Le coup du parapluie". See more »

Quotes

Sylvette dite Bunny: What kind?
Grégoire Lecomte: 'Butch Cassidy', 'The Sting'...
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Alternate Versions

The USSR release was cut by 15 minutes by censors. See more »

Connections

References City Lights (1931) See more »

Soundtracks

Happy Birthday To You
Written by Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill
Performed by the orchestra in the hotel
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16 August 2006 | by bob998 – See all my reviews

Gérard Oury gave us so many successful films over two decades that it's a bit unusual to see a real flop. I don't know what the proceeds were for this one, but it has a lack of rhythm and loose plotting that suggest failure at the box office.

To begin with, the casting: when you can unite Bourvil and de Funès (La grande vadrouille), or Montand and de Funès (La folie des grandeurs), then Pierre Richard and Gérard Jugnot are going to seem small beer in comparison. And the story, so lacking in real tension and pace: an actor has a meeting with a producer, but goes in the wrong door, ends up working for the mob... Haven't we seen this kind of story before?

It's enough to say that Gordon Mitchell has a splendid granite face as the hit-man, and Christine Murillo is very sexy (what happened to her?).
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