• The Umbrella Coup (French: Le Coup du parapluie) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell and Gert...
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    assassination method used, in the 1979 novel The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald. The French film Le Coup du parapluie (The Umbrella Coup) directed by Gérard...
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  • Dab. The French comedy The Umbrella Coup (O.T. "Le coup du parapluie"), a 1980s movie by Gérard Oury, uses the idea of a poison-injecting umbrella. Markov's...
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    Pierre Richard (category Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation)
    for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by some, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest...
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    Gert Fröbe (category Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in...
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    Gérard Jugnot (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
    screenwriter and film producer. Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school...
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    Gordon Mitchell (category United States Army personnel of the Korean War)
    exploitation (Achtung! The Desert Tigers! -1977), sexploitation (Porno-Erotic Western - 1979), French criminal comedy (The Umbrella Coup - 1980), and post-apocalyptic...
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    extra-terrestres Le maréchal des logis Beaupied 1980 The Last Metro Raymond Boursier 1980 The Umbrella Coup Le producteur de Paris 1981 Les Fourberies de Scapin...
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    The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led...
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    The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)...
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