Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
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Cast
45 people
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Grimm
Known for
Breathless
Pierrot le Fou
Guy Marchand
Georges
Known for
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Looking for Teddy
Kim Cattrall
Lise Lefèvre
Known for
Sex and the City
Big Trouble in Little China
Jacques Villeret
Jeremie Blanchet, chauffeur de taxi
Known for
The Dinner Game
The Cabbage Soup
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Simon Labrosse
Known for
The Da Vinci Code
The Dream Team
Jean-Claude de Goros
Inspecteur Fox
Known for
High Tension
The Loner
Tex Konig
Lasky
Known for
The Freshman
Raymond Aquilon
Frankie, guardian
Known for
The African
Pinot simple-flic
Yvan Ponton
Tremplin
Known for
Scanners II: The New Order
Slap Shot
Guy Provost
Le maire
Also in
Orders
A Man and His Sin
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Child with rabbit
Also in
Nitro
The 3 L'il Pigs
Georges Carrère
Le directeur de la banque
Also in
Heads or Tails
Valérie
Alexandre Arcady Director · Francis Veber Writer Daniel Saint-Hamont Writer
Budget $1.5M · United States release October 25, 1985 · Produced in Canada, France
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Production
Cerito Films
Production
Les Films Ariane
Production
Cinévidéo
Production
Canada · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Canada · October 23, 1985
Theatrical
United States · October 25, 1985
Theatrical
Finland
March 6, 1987 · Theatrical
France
October 23, 1985 · Theatrical
Germany
January 2, 1986 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
January 22, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 15, 1986 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 29, 1987 · Theatrical
Slovakia
April 2, 2025 · Digital · VOYO
Spain
May 5, 1986 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 27, 1987 · Theatrical
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