France / Oct 08, 1980 / TP
1h 35min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Maurice Risch | Le producteur de Paris |
| Dominique Lavanant | Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire |
| Axelle Abbadie | Juliette, la fleuriste, ex-femme non divorcée de Grégoire |
| Yaseen Khan | Radj Kahn, homme de main de La Baleine |
| Didier Sauvegrain | Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle' |
| Mike Marshall | Le docteur, homme de main de La Baleine |
| Vittorio Caprioli | Don Barberini, mafioso italien |
| Tiberio Murgia | Lorenzo, homme de confiance de Don Barberini |
| Patrick Lecocq | Le journaliste télé |
| 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 |
Genres
ComedyCrime
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Coup du parapluie |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français, Pусский |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gaumont, Gaumont International |
| Release date | 8 ottobre 1980 |
| Writer | Danièle Thompson, Gérard Oury |
| Casting | Margot Capelier |
| Editing | Albert Jurgenson |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Assistant directors | Gérard Oury |
| Camera operators | Henri Decaë |
| Additional photography | Henri Decaë |
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| Production design | Jean André, Claude Moesching, Antonio Román |
| Art direction | Claude Moesching, Jean André, Antonio Román |
| Set decoration | Antonio Román, Jean André, Claude Moesching |
| Music | Vladimir Cosma |
| Sound | Vladimir Cosma |
| Costume design | Tanine Autré, Jacques Fonteray |
| Makeup | Tanine Autré, Jacques Fonteray |
| Hairstyling | Tanine Autré, Jacques Fonteray |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Oct 10, 1980
Germany / Nov 14, 1980 / 12
Digital
France / Mar 25, 2026 / TP / Arte•tv
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