The Big Operator
5.3
The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.
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Yves Montand
Morland
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Aldo Maccione
Tony
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Claude Brasseur
Ari
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Guy Marchand
Marcel
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Agostina Belli
Amandine
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Adolfo Celi
Rifai
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Valentina Cortese
Witwe
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Ely Galleani
Dorotea
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Gianni Cavina
Silvio
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Jole Silvani
Tony's Mother
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Brizio Montinaro
Mario
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Patricia Damsey
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Claude Pinoteau Director · Michel Audiard Writer Jean Herman Writer
First release November 27, 1976 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Productions 2000, Fildebroc
Production
Gaumont International
Production
Productions 2000
Production
Fildebroc
Production
Da.Ma. Cinematografica
Production
Metheus Film
Production
Da Ma Produzione
Production
France · Italy
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Original title
Le Grand Escogriffe
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 27, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 12, 1980 · Theatrical · East Germany
October 9, 1982 · TV
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