The Wing or the Thigh?

The Wing or the Thigh?

1976
1h 44m
7.2

7.2/10

959 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy
Overview

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

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Status: Released

Budget: $5,133,623

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Les Films Christian Fechner
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

double life escape circus talk show fast food restaurant restaurant clown fake identity restaurant guide restaurant critic loss of taste duel torture food industry food critic father son relationship paris suburb

Quick Facts

Original Title L'Aile ou la Cuisse
Release Date October 27, 1976
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0074103

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

Gérard Boucaron
Gérard Boucaron

Ficelle

Yves Afonso
Yves Afonso

Le faux plombier

Key Crew

Claude Zidi
Director
Michel Fabre
Screenplay
Christian Fechner
Producer
Claude Zidi
Screenplay
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Bernard Artigues
Executive Producer