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Title: The Umbrella Coup (1980)
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Stars:
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Cast
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| Pierre Richard | ... | Grégoire Lecomte | |
| Valérie Mairesse | ... | Sylvette, alias Bunny | |
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Christine Murillo | ... | Josyane Leblanc |
| Gordon Mitchell | ... | Moskovitz, le tueur | |
| Gérard Jugnot | ... | Frédo | |
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Maurice Risch | ... | Le producteur de Paris |
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Dominique Lavanant | ... | Mireille |
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Axelle Abbadie | ... | Juliette, la fleuriste |
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Yaseen Khan | ... | Radj Kahn |
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Didier Sauvegrain | ... | Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle' |
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Mike Marshall | ... | Le docteur |
| Roger Carel | ... | Salvatore Bozzoni | |
| Vittorio Caprioli | ... | Don Barberini | |
| Gert Fröbe | ... | Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine (as Gert Froebe) | |
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Patrick Lecocq | ... | Le journaliste télé |
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A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
8 October 1980 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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MonoColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Written by Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill
Performed by the orchestra in the hotel
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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 »Alternate Versions
The USSR release was cut by 15 minutes by censors. See more »Soundtracks
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Criticism first: The plot (or "plot") feels contrived and really doesn't make much sense. So, it's a good thing that they didn't care for sense but went for a quick-footed firework of gags instead - a bit like Airplane! from the same year.
Now, the pros: Most of the gags do work, slapstick as well as running gags, funny banter and visual gags. The rhythm is relentless, there's not a boring minute in this movie. But what makes it really shine is the excellent cast with lots of character faces - Gert Fröbe as villain "La baleine", Gordon Mitchell as a grumpy hit-man, Gérard Jugnot as a sideline booking agent, "Khan" the exotic bodyguard, Valerie Mairesse as love interest / police officer "Bunny" - and among them, Pierre Richard in his usual shtick as a harmless guy completely out of his depth but still self-confident to a fault - and chasing every skirt crossing his way while his enemies are dropping like flies. Recommended, just don't expect sense and blood but a lot of good-natured laughs. This really is a nice comedy!