Le Guignolo (1980)
Le guignolo
108 min
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...
- Release date
- July 25, 1980
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
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Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Alexandre Dupré
- Mirella D'Angelo as Sophie
- Michel Galabru as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
- Carla Romanelli as Gina
- Paolo Bonacelli as Kamal
- Georges Géret as Le commandant Joseph
- Pierre Vernier as Helmut Von Nassau
- Michel Beaune as Louis Fréchet
- Tony Kendall as Fredo
- Maurice Auzel as La Franchouillard
- Henri Guybet as Machavoine, l'espion plombier
- Philippe Castelli as Le concierge de l'hôtel à Venise et espion
- Charles Gérard as Abdel Fahrad, sbire de Yasser
- Jean-François Calvé as Le ministre
- Jean Luisi as Le gardien de prison de la Santé
- Renzo Marignano as Le bijoutier de Venise
- Aldo Rendine as Urbino Alfonsi, le détective de l'hôtel à Venise
- Michel Berreur as Hussein
- Daniel Breton as Yasser
- Ham Chau Luong as Ohsawah, acheteur japonais du tableau à Venise
- Thang-Long as Taramushin, acheteur japonais du tableau à Venise
- Jacques Ramade as Le serveur qui tousse chez von Ofenburg
- David Gabison as Le directeur de la prison de la Santé
- René Chateau as Un photographe à l'aéroport de Roissy (uncredited)
- Von Gretchen Shepard as Caroline
- Mirella D'Angelo as Pamela
Crew
- Georges Lautner · Director
- Jean Herman · Writer
- Michel Audiard · Writer
- Philippe Sarde · Composer
- Henri Decaë · Cinematographer
- Michelle David · Editor