Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
Stunts
Belmondo doing his own insane stunts—gorilla suit chaos included.
Acting
Belmondo triple-layering: Mike playing Bruno playing the hero.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI destruction that hits different in 2024.
Director
Claude Zidi
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari
Raquel Welch
Jane Gardner
Dany Saval
Doris
Charles Gérard
Hyacinthe
Raymond Gérôme
Le comte de Saint-Prix
Julien Guiomar
Fechner
Aldo Maccione
Sergio Campanese
Mario David
Santos
Henri Génès
Camille
Fred Personne
Le maire
Claude Chabrol
Le metteur en scène
Josiane Balasko
La fille du supermarché
Martine Ferrière
L'assistante sociale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Belmondo, a former boxer, insisted on doing virtually every stunt himself—including the car crash that hospitalizes his character.
This 1977 hit captures the exact moment French cinema pivoted from New Wave intellectualism to pure commercial spectacle—Zidi was the bridge.
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