The Big Operator (1976 film)
The Big Operator | |
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Film poster | |
Directed by | Claude Pinoteau |
Written by |
Rennie Airth Michel Audiard Jean Herman Claude Pinoteau |
Starring | Yves Montand |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Cinematography | Jean Collomb |
Edited by | Fedora Zincone |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Big Operator (French: Le Grand escogriffe) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Yves Montand.[1]
Plot
The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire. Moreover Morland engages the young actress Amandine and borrows a child baptised Alberto from his acquaintance Tony. Morland's plan is to exchange the children and then to reveal this in order to retrieve ransom from millionaire Rifai. But to everybody's surprise Rifai prefers Alberto to his moody and wearisome own son. He refuses to pay ransom because he is now happy as it is.
Cast
- Yves Montand - Morland
- Agostina Belli - Amandine
- Claude Brasseur - Ari
- Aldo Maccione - Tony
- Adolfo Celi - Rifai
- Valentina Cortese - the widow
- Guy Marchand - Marcel
- Ely Galleani - Dorotea
- Gianni Cavina - Silvio
- Jole Silvani - Tony's Mother
- Brizio Montinaro - Mario
- Patricia Damsey - 2nd Children's nurse
- Mirko Lacobacci-Puntor - Alberto
- Gianluca Cantarini - Selim
- Giovanna San Filippo-Puntor - Donna Chioso
References
- ↑ "New York Times: The Big Operator". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
External links
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