Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (Too Many Chefs) (1978)
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1978 Wide
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Max (Robert Morley) is a wealthy, world-class conoisseur of fine food, who cannot stop himself from eating when the food is first-class. His doctor has given him stern warnings that he must lose over one hundred pounds, or he will die of heart failure. The presence of so many four-star chefs in Europe is a hazard for him. When many of these same chefs are found murdered in inventive ways, each related to the chef's specialty, it begins to appear that Max is the prime suspect in their deaths.
Jan 1, 1978 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
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George Segal
Robby -
Jacqueline Bisset
Natasha -
Robert Morley
Max -
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Kohner -
Philippe Noiret
Moulineau -
Jean Rochefort
Grandvilliers -
Luigi Proietti
Ravello -
Stefano Satta Flores
Fausto Zoppi -
Madge Ryan
Beecham -
Frank Windsor
Blodgett -
Peter Sallis
St. Claire -
Tim Barlow
Doyle -
John Le Mesurier
Dr. Deere -
Joss Ackland
Cantrell -
Daniel Emilfork
Saint-Juste -
Jacques Marin
Massenet -
Jacques Balutin
Chappemain -
Jean Parédès
Brissac -
Kenneth Fortescue
Director -
Nicholas Ball
Skeffington -
John Carlisle
Actor -
Michael Chow
Soong -
Aimee Delamain
Old Woman -
Jean Gaven
Calpetre -
Nigel Havers
Counterman -
Caroline Langrishe
Loretta -
Struan Rodger
Assistant Director -
Eddie Tagoe
Mumbala -
Anita Graham
Blonde -
Sylvia Kay
Reporter -
Sheila Ruskin
Actress -
Derek Smith
Man in Corridor -
David Cook (XXII)
Bussingbill -
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (3)
Slick comedy whodunit with George Segal and Jacqueline Bisset.
A broad and silly mystery spoof periodically salvaged by an ensemble cast.
A very funny movie with a gallery of interesting characters.
Time has been kind to this fairly inconsequential comedy/mystery -- kinder than time has been the movie theory of relativity.
Sort of fun murdery farce. I had an okay time with it.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 comedy mystery film starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Morley. It is based on the novel Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons. The chefs are each killed in a manner reflecting their most famous dishes; for example, the lobster chef is drowned (in the book the recipe for each dish is given).
Well done in all respects, great cinematography of many tourist spots in Europe. From the start you know you are on a gastronomic trip of caloric proportions!
[img]http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWWt5-9LNSDYEYqSK6WQMqIqlSyUDQvCS-taGr1i47NRMIr2m2[/img] This early scene in the film is about as risque as this film gets, all done with humor of course....
SEE it all here at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNL2yGReKsQ&list=PL943CDA52348692B5
Oscar winner Henry Mancini, composer, provides the soundtrack to this one. George Segal, oft times a comedian in film does his usual fine performance as a fast food enteprenuer once married to a master chef herself, Bissett. Veteran actor Robert Morely owns a gastro intellect magazine who is over weight, overly intellectual and overly obscessed with all the chefs of Europe.
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REVIEWS:
----90%
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a pretty good suspence-comedy from 1978. George Segal is good as the fast-food man who finds himself be... More
---- As for the whodunit? When the killer was finally revealed I had guessed wrong and enjoyed evey moment.
NOTES:
1 Playing a pompous gourmet in this film was Robert Morley who due to the popularity of the character went onto make a series of successful television commercials for Heinz soup.
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Awards
Robert Morley won Best Supporting Actor at the 1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1978) and at the National Society of Film Critics Awards (1979). He was also nominated for Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role along with Jacqueline Bisset for Best Motion Picture Actress (1979).
Directed by
Ted Kotcheff
Produced by
William Aldrich
Written by
Peter Stone
Starring
George Segal
Jacqueline Bisset
Robert Morley
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Philippe Noiret
Jean Rochefort
Music by
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
John Alcott
Studio
Lorimar
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date(s)
October 5, 1978
Running time
112 minutes
Country
United States/West Germany
Language
English
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