Movie: The Wing or the Thigh?

Top 10 Billed Cast

Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès

Charles Duchemin

Coluche
Coluche

Gérard Duchemin

Ann Zacharias
Ann Zacharias

Marguerite

Julien Guiomar
Julien Guiomar

Jacques Tricatel

Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières

Henri

Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard

Philippe Bouvard

Daniel Langlet
Daniel Langlet

Lambert

Claude Gensac
Claude Gensac

Marguerite

Georges Chamarat
Georges Chamarat

Le doyen des académiciens

Jean Martin
Jean Martin

Le médecin

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