The Wing or the Thigh?

7.2
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 1976. October 27.

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!

Discover

Louis de Funès

Charles Duchemin

Coluche

Gérard Duchemin

Ann Zacharias

Marguerite

Julien Guiomar

Jacques Tricatel

Philippe Bouvard

Philippe Bouvard

Claude Gensac

Marguerite

Georges Chamarat

Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française

Jean Martin

Duchemin's Doctor at Clinic

Yves Afonso

Fake Plumber

Marcel Dalio

Duchemin's Tailor

Fernand Guiot

Dubreuil

Antoine Marin

Guide Employée

Maurice Vallier

Guide Employée

Paul Bisciglia

Baggage Handler

Robert Lombard

Restaurant Owner

Pierre Forget

L'Auberge de la Truite Owner

Eduardo Bergara Leumann

Chef of L'Auberge de la Truiter

Gérard Lorin

Duchemin's Dentist

Dyanik Zurakowska

Duchemin's Dentist's Medical Assistant

Max Montavon

Mr. Godefroy

Pierre Decazes

Hotel Owner

Mac Ronay

Sommelier

François Viaur

Sommelier of Romanée-Conti 1964

Jean Amadou

Narrator (voice)

Dominique Davray

Muscular Nurse

Bruno Moynot

Musician at Chicken Photoshoot

Gérard Lanvin

Circus Artist

Claude Zidi

Waiter

Jacques Mathou

Photographer at Clinic

Auguste Geronimi

Circus Spectator Sprayed With Water

Marie-Anne Chazel

Circus Artist

Jean Droze

Gardner

Freddy Cantarelli

Circus Clown

Bibi Cantarelli

Circus Clown

Bouboule

Circus Artist

Art

Michel de Broin

Production Design

Claude Suné

Set Decoration

Michèle Abbé-Vannier

Assistant Set Decoration

Robert Dauphy

Construction Manager

Jacques Preisach

Property Master

Henri Sonois

Assistant Set Decoration

Marcel Laude

Property Master

Michel Saignes

Title Designer

Camera

Wladimir Ivanov

Director of Photography

Claude Renoir

Director of Photography

Wladimir Ivanov

Camera Operator

Jean-Paul Meurisse

Camera Operator

Roger Robert

Key Grip

Jean-Paul Schwartz

Camera Operator

Bruno Bueno

Set Photographer

Yves Pouffary

Assistant Camera

Jean-Paul Jarry

Assistant Camera

René Chabal

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Jacques Fonteray

Costume Design

Marie-Madeleine Paris

Makeup Supervisor

Anatole Paris

Makeup Supervisor

Jeanne Vergne

Costumer

Crew

Florence Koechlin

Assistant Script

Charles-Henri Assola

Special Effects

Rémy Julienne

Stunt Coordinator

Christian Bourqui

Special Effects

Directing

Claude Zidi

Director

Hélène Bernardin

Second Assistant Director

Jean-Jacques Beineix

First Assistant Director

Editing

Hélène de Luze

Assistant Editor

Olivier Mauffroy

Assistant Editor

Claudie Adès

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Jacques Touillaud

Electrician

Production

Pierre Grunstein

Executive Producer

Jean-Jacques Desages

Location Manager

Gérard James

Location Manager

Pauline Montel

Administration

Francis Peltier

General Manager

Jeanne-Marie Liron

Production Secretary

Bernard Artigues

Executive Producer

Roger Morand

Production Director

Sound

Vladimir Cosma

Original Music Composer

Christine Noël

Assistant Sound Editor

Maurice Laumain

Sound Editor

Catherine Zidi

Sound Assistant

Luc Perini

Sound Effects Editor

Claude Villand

Sound Mixer

Gilles Ortion

Sound Assistant

Nara Kollery

Sound Mixer

André Naudin

Foley Artist

Ralph Thiekötter

Assistant Sound Engineer

Jean-Claude Laureux

Recording Supervision

Ralph Thiekötter

ADR Recordist

Writing

Michel Fabre

Screenplay

Claude Zidi

Screenplay

Art

Michel de Broin

Production Design

Claude Suné

Set Decoration

Michèle Abbé-Vannier

Assistant Set Decoration

Robert Dauphy

Construction Manager

Jacques Preisach

Property Master

Henri Sonois

Assistant Set Decoration

Marcel Laude

Property Master

Michel Saignes

Title Designer

Camera

Wladimir Ivanov

Director of Photography

Claude Renoir

Director of Photography

Wladimir Ivanov

Camera Operator

Jean-Paul Meurisse

Camera Operator

Roger Robert

Key Grip

Jean-Paul Schwartz

Camera Operator

Bruno Bueno

Set Photographer

Yves Pouffary

Assistant Camera

Jean-Paul Jarry

Assistant Camera

René Chabal

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Jacques Fonteray

Costume Design

Marie-Madeleine Paris

Makeup Supervisor

Anatole Paris

Makeup Supervisor

Jeanne Vergne

Costumer

Crew

Florence Koechlin

Assistant Script

Charles-Henri Assola

Special Effects

Rémy Julienne

Stunt Coordinator

Christian Bourqui

Special Effects

Directing

Claude Zidi

Director

Hélène Bernardin

Second Assistant Director

Jean-Jacques Beineix

First Assistant Director

Editing

Hélène de Luze

Assistant Editor

Olivier Mauffroy

Assistant Editor

Claudie Adès

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Jacques Touillaud

Electrician

Production

Pierre Grunstein

Executive Producer

Jean-Jacques Desages

Location Manager

Gérard James

Location Manager

Pauline Montel

Administration

Francis Peltier

General Manager

Jeanne-Marie Liron

Production Secretary

Bernard Artigues

Executive Producer

Roger Morand

Production Director

Sound

Vladimir Cosma

Original Music Composer

Christine Noël

Assistant Sound Editor

Maurice Laumain

Sound Editor

Catherine Zidi

Sound Assistant

Luc Perini

Sound Effects Editor

Claude Villand

Sound Mixer

Gilles Ortion

Sound Assistant

Nara Kollery

Sound Mixer

André Naudin

Foley Artist

Ralph Thiekötter

Assistant Sound Engineer

Jean-Claude Laureux

Recording Supervision

Ralph Thiekötter

ADR Recordist

Writing

Michel Fabre

Screenplay

Claude Zidi

Screenplay