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Jupiter's Thigh(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-02-06
62%
83 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Les Films Ariane
Mondex Films
Movie: Jupiter's Thigh
Top 10 Billed Cast
Philippe Noiret
Antoine Lemercier
Annie Girardot
Lise Tanquerelle
Francis Perrin
Charles-Hubert Pochet
Catherine Alric
Agnès Pochet
Marc Dudicourt
Spiratos
Paulette Dubost
La mère de Lise
Roger Carel
Sacharias, le conservateur
Anna Gaylor
La femme du touriste français
Gabriel Cattand
Le maire
Philippe Brizard
Le touriste français
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Overview
Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the lovely buttocks of a classical statue and is determined to donate it to the Louvre. Agnes wants to sell it and gets a handsome local sailor to take it for an appraisal. When the sailor is murdered, the police suspect Charles and arrest Antoine as his accomplice. Lise swings into action, but before she can clear the men, Agnes springs them from jail, and now Lise must help them elude the police, find the real murderer, and recover the statue fragment. More art goes missing. What is the statue's secret?
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1980-02-06
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6.2
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