Umbrella Coup
6.9/10
Rating
95 min
Runtime
1980
Release Year
Gérard Oury
Director
Cast
Pierre Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot, Gordon Mitchell
Quick Synopsis
Grégoire Lecomte, an unlucky actor eager to find a steady job, goes to a screen test for a role as a killer but accidentally encounters a group of mafiosi. Mistaking their crime boss for a film producer, Grégoire is himself mistaken for a hitman they were expecting. Confused but hopeful, he signs a contract with them, believing it to be an acting job. His assignment is to assassinate a gun dealer named Otto Krampe at Krampe's birthday party in Saint-Tropez by using an umbrella equipped with a hidden syringe containing potassium cyanide. Unaware that the assignment requires an actual murder, Grégoire finds himself caught in a dangerous situation far beyond his acting ambitions.
Detailed Synopsis of Umbrella Coup
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.
