The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)

10/27/1976 (FR) • 1h 44m

Comedy

Overview

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

Top Billed Cast

Louis de Funès

Charles Duchemin

Coluche

Gérard Duchemin

Ann Zacharias

Marguerite

Julien Guiomar

Jacques Tricatel

Philippe Bouvard

Philippe Bouvard

Claude Gensac

Marguerite

Georges Chamarat

Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$5,133,623.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

double life

escape

circus

talk show

fast food restaurant

restaurant

clown

fake identity

restaurant guide

restaurant critic

loss of taste

duel

torture

food industry

food critic

father son relationship

paris suburb

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