Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup (1980)

Umbrella Coup is a french comedy film inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare. Grégoire Lecomte (Pierre Richard), the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe (Gert Fröbe) at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.

The following weapons can be seen in Umbrella Coup:

M1911 pistol series

Colt MK IV Series 70 - .45 ACP - 9x19mm

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Hitman Moskovitz (Gordon Mitchell) is planning to be shot Gregoire Lecomte from M1911 pistol.

Smith & Wesson Model 38

Smith & Wesson Model 38 - 9x19mm

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A police officer Sylvette (Valérie Mairesse) wears in cart her Smith & Wesson Model 38 revolver.

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Sylvette to save Grégoire Lecomte (Pierre Richard) with precise shot into the lead of Moskovitz.

MAT-49 machine gun

The police man uses a with MAT-49 machine gun.

Smith & Wesson Model 38 - 9x19mm

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The police armed with MAT-49 machine guns they're coming with a cross after the funeral.

MAS-49

The doctor (Mike Marshall) uses a MAS-49 rifle.

MAS-49/56

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The doctor is in vain trying to kill Grégoire Lecomte with a his rifle MAS-49 bearing by the optical sights.