Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
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Unpretentious, contemporary, classical in form and effortless.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Jean-Paul BelmondoGrimm
- Guy MarchandGeorges
- Kim CattrallLise Lefèvre
- Jacques VilleretJeremie Blanchet, chauffeur de taxi
- Jean-Pierre MarielleSimon Labrosse
- Jean-Claude de GorosInspecteur Fox
- Tex KonigLasky
- Raymond AquilonFrankie, guardian
- Yvan PontonTremplin
- Guy ProvostLe maire
Crew
- Alexandre ArcadyDirector
- Daniel Saint-HamontWriter
- Francis VeberWriter
- Alexandre ArcadyWriter
- Jay CronleyNovel
- Richard CiupkaDirector of Photography
- Serge FranklinOriginal Music Composer
- Joële Van EffenterreEditor
- Alain BelmondoProducer
- Jean-Paul BelmondoProducer
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