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Umbrella Coup
Umbrella Coup
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  2. Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

Original Title: Le Coup du parapluie

1980
1h 35m
Comedy
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1980

Runtime

1h 35m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Oct 8, 1980
Digital Release
Mar 25, 2026
Languages
French
Russian
Director
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
Production
Gaumont
Gaumont
Gaumont International
Gaumont International
Production Countries
France

Top Cast

20 Cast Members

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

Axelle Abbadie

Axelle Abbadie

Juliette, la fleuriste, ex-femme non divorcée de Grégoire

Yaseen Khan

Yaseen Khan

Radj Kahn, homme de main de La Baleine

Didier Sauvegrain

Didier Sauvegrain

Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle'

Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall

Le docteur, homme de main de La Baleine

Vittorio Caprioli

Vittorio Caprioli

Don Barberini, mafioso italien

Tiberio Murgia

Tiberio Murgia

Lorenzo, homme de confiance de Don Barberini

Patrick Lecocq

Patrick Lecocq

Le journaliste télé

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Le régisseur du café-théâtre

Georges Anderson

Ceyla Lacerda

Mannequin brésilienne, 2nd épouse de Pierre (archive footage)

Dominique Virton

Le metteur en scène

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