Overview

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.

Cast

Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot, Gordon Mitchell, Roger Carel, Gert Fröbe, Maurice Risch

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What is "Umbrella Coup" about?

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.

When was "Umbrella Coup" released?

Umbrella Coup was released in 1980.

Who stars in "Umbrella Coup"?

The cast includes Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot.

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