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Umbrella Coup is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Gérard Oury released in USA on 10 october 1980 with Pierre Richard
Umbrella Coup (1980)
Le Coup du parapluie
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Add to a movie listThe Umbrella Coup (French: Le Coup du parapluie) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell and Gert Fröbe.
The creation of the film was inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare.
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Synopsis
The unsuccessful actor Grégoire Lecomte is heading for a casting but then he takes a wrong turn. While he thinks he talks to casting director who wants an actor to play a henchman, he actually talks to a mafia don who wants a real killer.Actors
Pierre Richard
(Grégoire Lecomte, acteur à mi-temps, dragueur à plein temps)
Gordon Mitchell
(Moskovitz, le tueur à gages)
Gert Fröbe
(Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine)
Valérie Mairesse
(Sylvette, alias Bunny, inspecteur à la D.S.T.)
Christine Murillo
(Josyane Leblanc, contractuelle parisienne, régulière de Grégoire)
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