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The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)

7.2/10 1h 44m Oct 27, 1976
Comedy

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!

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Movie Details

Original Title L'Aile ou la Cuisse
Original Language FR
Budget $5,133,623
Status Released
Popularity 2.0

Cast

Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Charles Duchemin
Popularity: 1.6
Coluche
Coluche
Gérard Duchemin
Popularity: 6.9
Ann Zacharias
Ann Zacharias
Marguerite
Popularity: 2.1
Julien Guiomar
Julien Guiomar
Jacques Tricatel
Popularity: 1.4
Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières
Henri
Popularity: 2.1
Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard
Popularity: 1.0
Daniel Langlet
Daniel Langlet
Lambert
Popularity: 0.7
Claude Gensac
Claude Gensac
Marguerite
Popularity: 1.3
Georges Chamarat
Georges Chamarat
Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française
Popularity: 1.5
Jean Martin
Jean Martin
Duchemin's Doctor at Clinic
Popularity: 5.4
Gérard Boucaron
Gérard Boucaron
Ficelle
Popularity: 0.3
Yves Afonso
Yves Afonso
Fake Plumber
Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Director Claude Zidi
Editor Robert Isnardon, Monique Isnardon
Screenplay Michel Fabre, Claude Zidi
Producer Christian Fechner
Executive Producer Pierre Grunstein, Bernard Artigues

Production

Les Films Christian Fechner
FR
TOBIS Film
DE

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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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Details
Release Date October 27, 1976
Runtime 1h 44m
Budget $5,133,623
Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 2.0
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