Pierre Richard
Grégoire Lecomte
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Oct 8, 1980 · The Umbrella Coup: Directed by Gérard Oury. With Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gordon Mitchell. A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Gérard Oury
- 1980-10-08
Released October 10th, 1980, 'Umbrella Coup' stars Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a user score of ...
The 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.
- Gérard Oury
Thirty years later, the movie is still funny : the idea is really original and is a pit of funny moments : a second class actor thinks he plays the killer in a movie while he has been picked up by real gangsters ! The cool dumb actor is played by Pierre Richard who belongs to the pantheon of the french funny comedians along De Funès, Michael ...
Umbrella Coup (Le coup du parapluie) is a 1980 French comedy directed by Gérard Oury. Gregoire Lecomte (Pierre Richard) is an unemployed actor who tries to get the small role of an assassin in a movie.
Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder. 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.
The Umbrella Coup 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. It was shot the Epinay Studios and on location ...
