The Big Operator (1976 film)

The Big Operator (French: Le Grand escogriffe) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Yves Montand.^[1]

The Big Operator
Film poster
Directed by	Claude Pinoteau
Written by	Rennie Airth Michel Audiard Jean Herman Claude Pinoteau
Starring	Yves Montand
Cinematography	Jean Collomb
Edited by	Fedora Zincone
Music by	Georges Delerue
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release date	1 December 1976 (1976-12-01)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him to kidnap the son of a millionaire. Moreover, Morland engages the young actress Amandine and borrows a child baptised Alberto from his acquaintance Tony. Morland's plan is to exchange the children and then to reveal this in order to retrieve ransom from millionaire Rifai. But to everybody's surprise Rifai prefers Alberto to his moody and wearisome own son. He refuses to pay ransom because he is now happy as it is.

Cast

• Yves Montand - Morland
• Agostina Belli - Amandine
• Claude Brasseur - Ari
• Aldo Maccione - Tony
• Adolfo Celi - Rifai
• Valentina Cortese - the widow
• Guy Marchand - Marcel
• Ely Galleani - Dorotea
• Gianni Cavina - Silvio