Der Coup (1971)
45KDer Coup: Directed by Henri Verneuil. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein. In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plan an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector but the corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.
“Great car chase sequence (which like everyone said has NOTHING to do with the plot of the movie–it mostly just introduces the idea that Omar Shariff is a bad ass as well.) Movie is good escapist entertainment—Bellmondo steals a bunch of emeralds from the safe of some dudeu0026#39;s house in a Greek island and said dude hires Shariff (who is a cop) to bring them emeralds on home. A lot of alternating scenes of smooth talking between the two and chasing follow–somehow Dyan Cannon as a visiting American model enters the plot as a potential ally for Bellmondo—even tho her role makes very little sense, its still totally worth it for one sequence in which Bellmondo slaps her silly and those slaps turn on and turn off the lights in her apt–(her apt apparently was an early beta tester of The Clapper! its very very funny and got a huge laugh from the audience who actually came out to see a re-screening of this the other week.) Very enjoyable movie overall–but far from perfect–but who the hell needs perfection when you have that car chase and a drunken Omar Shariff right? seriously that was a legitimate question!”
