The Umbrella Coup
The Umbrella Coup is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell and Gert Fröbe.
Plot
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. Lecomte's performance is convincing and consequently he receives a contract to finish off arms dealer Otto Krampe. He is supposed to kill Krampe with an umbrella containing a built-in syringe full of potassium cyanide at his birthday party in St-Tropez. Lecomte takes the don for a producer and believes this was all part of shooting a film.
Cast
- Axelle Abbadie
- Brigitte Lahaie
- Christine Murillo
- Didier Cherbuy
- Didier Sauvegrain
- Dominique Lavanant
- Gérard Jugnot
- Gert Fröbe
- Gordon Mitchell
- Henri Attal
- Jacques Maury
- Jean-Jacques Moreau
- Jérôme Keen
- Léon Zitrone
- Marie-Pierre Casey
- Maurice Auzel
- Maurice Risch
- Mike Marshall
- Patrick Lecocq
- Philippe Bruneau
- Pierre Richard
- Raymond Gérôme
- Robert Dalban
- Roger Carel
- Valérie Mairesse
- Vittorio Caprioli
More details
| author | Danièle Thompson Gérard Oury |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris Saint-Tropez |
| director | Gérard Oury |
| editor | Albert Jurgenson |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | arms dealer birthday party cast casting director potassium cyanide shoot st-tropez syringe wrong turn |
| musicBy | Vladimir Cosma |
| producer | Alain Poiré |
| productionCompany | Gaumont International |
| publisher | Gaumont Film Company |
| recordedAt | Cannes Nice Saint-Tropez |
| theme | crime comedy mafia comedy screwball comedy |