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

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The Big Operator
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Directed byClaude Pinoteau
Written byRennie Airth
Michel Audiard
Jean Herman
Claude Pinoteau
StarringYves Montand
CinematographyJean Collomb
Edited byFedora Zincone
Music byGeorges Delerue
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 1 December 1976 (1976-12-01)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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Plot

The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with 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.

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