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Umbrella Coup

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.

Top Cast

  • Pierre Richard

    Pierre Richard

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

  • Valérie Mairesse

    Valérie Mairesse

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

  • Christine Murillo

    Christine Murillo

    Josyane Leblanc, contractuelle parisienne, régulière de Grégoire

  • Gérard Jugnot

    Gérard Jugnot

    Frédo, agent artistique de Grégoire

  • Gordon Mitchell

    Gordon Mitchell

    Moskovitz, le tueur à gages

  • Roger Carel

    Roger Carel

    Salvatore Bozzoni, couturier et fournisseur de poison

  • Gert Fröbe

    Gert Fröbe

    Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine

  • Maurice Risch

    Maurice Risch

    Le producteur de Paris

  • Dominique Lavanant

    Dominique Lavanant

    Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire

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.

Rating

6.9 / 10
192 Reviews
1 Popular

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