Le Guignolo

Le Guignolo

108 mins | Comedy, Action | March 26, 1980

After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...

Le Guignolo

108 mins | Comedy, Action | March 26, 1980

Le Guignolo
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Opera Film Produzione, Gaumont International, Cerito Films
Original title Le Guignolo
Directors Georges Lautner
Writers Jean Herman, Michel Audiard

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Alexandre Dupré

Mirella D'Angelo

as Sophie / Pamela

Michel Galabru

as Achille Sureau

Carla Romanelli

as Gina

Paolo Bonacelli

as Kamal

Georges Géret

as Joseph

Von Gretchen Shepard

as Caroline

Pierre Vernier

as Helmut Von Nassau

Michel Beaune

as Louis Fréchet

Tony Kendall

as Fredo

Maurice Auzel

as La Franchouillard

Henri Guybet

as Machavoine - le 'plombier'

Lily Fayol

as La Schwartz

Philippe Castelli

as Le concierge

Charles Gérard

as Abdel Fahrad

Anne Goddet

as Irène

Jean-François Calvé

as Le Ministre

Jean Luisi

as Un gardien prison

Renzo Marignano

as Le bijoutier

Enzo Guarini

as Le commissaire

Aldo Rendine

as Urbino Alfonsi

Michel Berreur

as Hussein

Dona Leigh Kessler

as La blonde

Daniel Breton

as Yasser

Ham-Chau Luong

as Ohsawah

Thang-Long

as Taramushi

Jacques Ramade

as Le serveur qui tousse

David Gabison

as Le directeur de la prison

René Chateau

as Un photographe (uncredited)