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...
Stunts
Belmondo doing his own ridiculous stunts at 47, because of course he did
Cinematography
Venice shot like a fever dream of tourist brochures and spy rendezvous
Director
Georges Lautner
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Alexandre Dupré / Vicomte de Valombreuse
Mirella D'Angelo
Sophie Chaperon / Pamela
Michel Galabru
Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
Carla Romanelli
Gina, ancienne amante et complice d'Alexandre
Paolo Bonacelli
Kamal
Georges Géret
Joseph, dit « commandant Donnadieu », un agent de la DGSE
Pierre Vernier
Helmut von Ofenburg, pigeon de service
Michel Beaune
Louis Fréchet
Tony Kendall
Fredo
Maurice Auzel
Le franchouillard
Henri Guybet
Machavoine, l'espion plombier
Lily Fayol
Mme Schwartz
Philippe Castelli
Le concierge de l'hôtel à Venise et espion
Charles Gérard
Abdel Fahrad, sbire de Yasser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Belmondo fractured his ankle during filming but kept shooting because stopping would cost too much. Absolute legend behavior.
This is peak 'Belmondo product' — the French star had final cut and profit participation, essentially running his own mini-studio by 1980.
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