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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Ted Kotcheff released in USA on 6 october 1978 with George Segal
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
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Add to a movie listWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 comedy mystery film starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Morley. It is based on the novel Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons.
The chefs are each killed in a manner reflecting their most famous dishes; for example, the lobster chef is drowned (in the book, the recipe for each dish is given). The film was co-produced by the U.S., Italy, France and West Germany. It was released in the UK under the title Too Many Chefs.
The film was originally distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Lorimar.Warner Communications acquired Lorimar in 1989 and now owns the rights to the film.
Synopsis
Natasha O'Brien (Jacqueline Bisset) is a celebrated pastry chef invited to London to assist in preparing a state dinner for the Queen, organized by culinary critic Maximillian "Max" Vandeveer (Robert Morley). Natasha's ex-husband, Robby (George Segal) is a fast food entrepreneur ("the Taco King") serving the "everyman" consumer while she caters to the affluent. Max is the "calamitously fat" grand gourmand publisher of a gourmet magazine Epicurious and is patron of several famous European chefs, each renowned for a signature dish.Actors
George Segal
(Robby Ross)
Jacqueline Bisset
(Natasha O'Brien)
Robert Morley
(Maximilian Van Devere)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
(Louis Kohner)
Philippe Noiret
(Jean-Claude Moulineau)
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