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The Wing or the Thigh?(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-10-27
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967 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
Overview:
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!
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
Budget: $5,133,623.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Wing or the Thigh?
Top 10 Billed Cast
Louis de Funès
Charles Duchemin
Coluche
Gérard Duchemin
Ann Zacharias
Marguerite
Julien Guiomar
Jacques Tricatel
Raymond Bussières
Henri
Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard
Daniel Langlet
Lambert
Claude Gensac
Marguerite
Georges Chamarat
Le doyen des académiciens
Jean Martin
Le médecin
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