Umbrella Coup
Seen it?1980 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
6.9 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gérard Oury
- Pierre RichardGrégoire Lecomte, acteur à mi-temps, dragueur à plein temps
- Valérie MairesseSylvette, alias Bunny, inspecteur à la D.S.T.
- Christine MurilloJosyane Leblanc, contractuelle parisienne, régulière de Grégoire
- Gérard JugnotFrédo, agent artistique de Grégoire
- Gordon MitchellMoskovitz, le tueur à gages
- Roger CarelSalvatore Bozzoni, couturier et fournisseur de poison
- Gert FröbeOtto Krampe, dit La Baleine
- Maurice RischLe producteur de Paris
- Dominique LavanantMireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire
- Axelle AbbadieJuliette, la fleuriste, ex-femme non divorcée de Grégoire