Animal
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Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
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Cast
53 people
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari
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Raquel Welch
Jane Gardner
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Dany Saval
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Charles Gérard
Hyacinthe
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Raymond Gérôme
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Julien Guiomar
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The Magnificent One
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Henri Génès
Camille
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Fred Personne
Le maire
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Jean-Jacques
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Claude Zidi Director · Michel Audiard Screenplay Vladimir Cosma Composer
United States release October 5, 1977 · Produced in France · Production Les Films Christian Fechner
Production
Cerito Films
Production
Les Films Christian Fechner
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Animal
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · October 5, 1977
Theatrical
United States · October 5, 1977
Theatrical
France
June 21, 2026 · TV · RMC Life
Germany
October 27, 1977 · Theatrical
Japan
October 31, 1981 · Theatrical
Romania
November 4, 1978 · Theatrical
Slovakia
May 20, 1997 · TV · Markíza
April 9, 2025 · Digital · VOYO
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