The Big Operator
- 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
- Jole Silvani: Tony's mother
- Brizio Montinaro: Mario
- Patricia Damsey: nanny
- Mirko Lacobacci - Puntor: Alberto
- Gianluca Cantarini: Selim
- Giovanna San Filippo Puntor: Donna Chioso
- Imelde Marani: bar-owner
- Geoffrey Copleston: Texans
- Flavia Giorgi: Texan
- West Buchanan: Rifais Secretary
- Sergio Doria: Rifais Secretary
- Bruno Rosa: Rifais Bodyguard
- Dario Ghirardi Genova: Guardian
- Giovanna Chemer: Abidjan
The big show-off is a French-Italian comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau from the year 1976. In the Federal Republic, he ran under the title A large and a small crooks on TV.
Action
Ari has withdrawn from the petty criminal business for some time and now operates in Nice a bus company, with which he offers to travel. A month before his parole expires, is all of a sudden his former partner Morland in front of him and tries to persuade him to a new coup. Ari tries in vain to escape from Morland, he wants but in no more crooked businesses are involved, especially Morland plans usually go wrong. At the airport Morland fits from the fugitive and takes him with a little blackmail - Ari had failed to log in Nice, but what he must as a criminal on probation - to go along with his supposedly last coup. Both bring in Genoa from the young actress Amandine that Morland had met some time ago. She should play the coup, a young mother, while Ari to represent her husband. Only now both learn Morland had plans: He wants to kidnap the baby of the oil magnate Rifai, Selim, or replace it with another child. The so scheduled ransom would make all three to rich people.
To execute the plan, the trio lends the Shady Tony the toddler Alberto, that is a poster child. It does not cry and is extremely clean. Amandine includes Alberto immediately into her heart and concerns with him, Ari and Morland a small apartment in Rome. Although Morland claimed that Selim and Alberto look very similar, Selim proves the exchange in the park as a blond -haired. Even otherwise, he has little in common with the easy-care Alberto and brings his cry seizures soon the entire trio last nerve. Also Rifai seen done after a short irritation of Alberto and do not want to exchange it for Selim, for which he has anyway never cherished father feelings him.
Although it claims Morland before Ari and Amandine further that everything goes according to plan, but finds Ari soon discovered that the trio will get no money. Ari and Amandine are outraged, especially since Amandine Tony wanted to buy little Alberto. Although Morland flees first, as he always does when his plans go awry, but then changes his tactics. He goes to Rifai to blackmail him with his missing father feelings and the possible reaction of the press it. Without his knowledge, it is possible Amandine to take Alberto itself which escaped his nanny in the park of Villa Rifais. The loss Alberto Rifai will be delivered in Morland present. He believes that everything is part of an elaborate plan, and is now already to pay the ransom. Since Ari on Amandines instigation, but Selim can return to Rifai before Morland has disappeared with the ransom, this one went wrong and Morland is glad to have got at the end with his life. He still sees the good in his scheme, he has merged Ari and Amandine. Both have also bought the orphan Alberto, which now has parents. While Ari and Amandine travel back to Nice, Morland strolls with his last money through Rome and soon meeting disoriented Texans who he wants to bring next to their money.
Production
The big show-off based on the novel The snap of Rennie Airth. The film was shot, among others, in Rome. He came on December 1, 1976 in the French cinema and was seen there by 708 219 visitors. The big show- ran on 12 September 1980 in the cinemas of the GDR and was shown on 27 April 1983 DDR 1 on television of the GDR. In the Federal Republic, he was seen for the first time on October 9, 1982 at ZDF.
Criticism
For the filmdienst The big show-off was a " with effortless ease staged in the style of a modern commedia dell'arte amusing comedy with excellent actresses benefits" " No big deal, but played cheerfully ," was cinema.
Awards
In 1977, Claude Brasseur was for the great braggart and an elephant is greatly mistaken won Best Supporting Actor for a César. Georges Delerue received a César Award nomination for Best Original Score.