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| The Surprise Guest (L'Invité surprise)
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Original French Poster
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| Country
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 France
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| Directed by
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Georges Lautner
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| Release Date
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1989
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| Language
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French
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| Studio
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Gaumont
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| Main Cast
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| Character
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Actor
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| Martin Gaillard
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Éric Blanc
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| Charles Mazzena
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Victor Lanoux
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| Commissioner Le Bourreux
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Michel Galabru
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| Col. Borm
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Jean Carmet
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| The chief of police
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Jacques François
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| Léa Gaillard
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Renée Saint-Cyr
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| Julie
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Françoise Dorner
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| Jacques Vincent aka "The Bearded Man"
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Michel Baumann
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The Surprise Guest (original title L'Invité surprise) is a 1989 French crime comedy directed by Georges Lautner. Martin Gaillard (Éric Blanc), a young African Frenchmen and adopted son of a retired police Commissioner Charles Mazzena (Victor Lanoux), is accidentally involved in extremely confusing affair, involving police, secret service and criminals.
The following weapons were used in the film The Surprise Guest (L'Invité surprise):
Manurhin MR-73
Charles Mazzena's (Victor Lanoux) favoured firearm is a Manurhin MR-73 revolver with duty sights and 4" barrel.
Manurhin MR-73 Gendarmerie with 3 inch barrel
The revolver is seen on Charles' nightstand.
The revolver is seen on the table.
Charles pursues a gangster on the cellar.
Charles breaks into the apartments of the boss of Italian gang.
Beretta 92S
In one scene Charles Mazzena (Victor Lanoux) gives a Beretta 92-style pistol to Martin Gaillard (Éric Blanc). The rounded trigger guard and the lack of the decocking safety on the right side allows to guess this pistol to be a Beretta 92S.
Beretta Model 92S - 9x19mm. This shows the right side of the pistol.
Martin examines the pistol.
A close view of the pistol. Note the rounded trigger guard.
The pistol on the table. It seems to lack safety on slide and on frame.
Unidentified pistol
In one scene Charles Mazzena (Victor Lanoux) takes a suppressed pistol from his weapon cache. It resembles a Heckler & Koch P9S but not in all features.
Heckler & Koch P9S, pre 1973 model with smooth trigger guard - 9x19mm
Charles takes the pistol from the weapon cache.
Charles holds the pistol.
Another view of the pistol.
Various handguns
Various handguns, mostly revolvers, are briefly seen in some scenes.
Two police detectives accompany Commissioner Le Bourreux (
Michel Galabru). The one at the left holds a snub nose revolver while the one at the right is armed with a pistol, supposedly a Beretta.
Three Italian gangsters aim their guns. The one in center seems to hold some midget gun while two others carry normal size revolvers.
One more gangster with a revolver appears in the same scene.
Remington 870
In the opening scene an assassin fires a sawed-off Remington 870 shotgun.
Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 gauge
Charles Mazzena's Arsenal
Charles Mazzena keeps a large number of firearms in his apartments. They can be identified only marginally.
A bolt action hunting rifle is seen at the right, next to the shotgun.
A pump action shotgun is seen at the left. Next to the shotgun is an
M1911A1-style pistol and a nickel plated
Derringer with ivory grips on top.
A revolver is seen over Charles' shoulder. It appears to be a top-break model, most likely a
Webley Revolver.
The grips of derringer and top-break revolvers are seen.
A sawed-off double barreled shotgun is seen on the wall of the weapon cache.
In one scene an Italian gangster (Gérard Hernandez) watches 1963 crime movie Les tontons flingueurs on TV.
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