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Jupiter's Thigh

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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Philippe Noiret

Antoine Lemercier

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Annie Girardot

Lise Tanquerelle

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Francis Perrin

Charles-Hubert Pochet

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Catherine Alric

Agnès Pochet

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Marc Dudicourt

Spiratos

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Paulette Dubost

La mère de Lise

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Roger Carel

Sacharias, le conservateur

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Anna Gaylor

La femme du touriste français

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Gabriel Cattand

Le maire

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Philippe Brizard

Le touriste français

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Philippe de Broca

Director

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Michel Audiard

Dialogue

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Claude Olivier

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Jean-Paul Rouland

Characters

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Michel Audiard

Screenplay

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Giannis Samiotis

Special Effects

Jupiter's Thigh

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?

Orignal Title

On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter

Orignal Language

fr

Duration

100 minutes

Collection

Inspector Tanquerelle

Genre

Comedy

Status

Released

Release Data

1980-02-06

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Production Companies

Les Films Ariane, Mondex Films, France 3 Cinéma

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