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.
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Pierre Richard
Grégoire Lecomte, acteur à mi-temps, dragueur à plein temps
Known for
La Chèvre
The Fugitives
Valérie Mairesse
Sylvette, alias Bunny, inspecteur à la D.S.T.
Known for
Banzaï
The Sacrifice
Christine Murillo
Josyane Leblanc, contractuelle parisienne, régulière de Grégoire
Known for
La Vie de Bohème
The Villain
Gérard Jugnot
Frédo, agent artistique de Grégoire
Known for
The Chorus
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Gordon Mitchell
Moskovitz, le tueur à gages
Known for
Satyricon
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Roger Carel
Salvatore Bozzoni, couturier et fournisseur de poison
Known for
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Once Upon a Time... Life
Gert Fröbe
Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine
Known for
Goldfinger
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Maurice Risch
Le producteur de Paris
Known for
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Asterix in Britain
Dominique Lavanant
Mireille, femme de Frédo, ex-maîtresse de Grégoire
Known for
French Fried Vacation 2
The Monster
Axelle Abbadie
Juliette, la fleuriste, ex-femme non divorcée de Grégoire
Known for
What a Drag
The Housekeeper
Yaseen Khan
Radj Kahn, homme de main de La Baleine
Also in
Emmanuelle 5
Dangerous Moves
Didier Sauvegrain
Stanislas Lefort, dit Constantin Patakis, alias Pierre Juvet, dit 'La Folle'
Known for
Empire of the Wolves
The Outsider
Gérard Oury Director · Danièle Thompson Writer Vladimir Cosma Composer
United States release October 10, 1980 · Produced in France · Languages French, Russian
Production
Gaumont
Production
Gaumont International
Production
France
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Original title
Le Coup du parapluie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Russian
Release dates
France · October 8, 1980
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 1980
Theatrical
France
March 25, 2026 · Digital · Arte.tv
November 16, 2026 · TV · Gulli
Germany
November 14, 1980 · Theatrical
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