The Wing or the Thigh?
1976 | 104m | French
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Claude Zidi |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Michel Fabre, Claude Zidi |
| Staring: |
| 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! | |
| Release Date: | Oct 27, 1976 |
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| Director: | Claude Zidi |
| Writer: | Michel Fabre, Claude Zidi |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | circus, double life, restaurant, fast food restaurant, clown, talk show, fake identity, restaurant guide, restaurant critic, loss of taste, escape, duel, torture, food industry, food critic, father son relationship, paris suburb |
| Production Companies | Les Films Christian Fechner, TOBIS Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $5,133,623 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 26, 2025 Entered: Aug 26, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Louis de Funès | Charles Duchemin |
| Coluche | Gérard Duchemin |
| Ann Zacharias | Marguerite |
| Julien Guiomar | Jacques Tricatel |
| Raymond Bussières | Henri |
| Philippe Bouvard | Philippe Bouvard |
| Daniel Langlet | Lambert |
| Claude Gensac | Marguerite |
| Georges Chamarat | Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française |
| Jean Martin | Duchemin's Doctor at Clinic |
| Gérard Boucaron | Ficelle |
| Yves Afonso | Fake Plumber |
| Marcel Dalio | Duchemin's Tailor |
| Vittorio Caprioli | Vittorio |
| Aurora Maris | Gina |
| Martin Lamotte | Roland |
| Fernand Guiot | Dubreuil |
| Antoine Marin | Guide Employée |
| Maurice Vallier | Guide Employée |
| Albert Michel | Morand |
| 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 |
| François Guillaume | Journalist |
| Claude Zidi | Waiter |
| Jacques Mathou | Photographer at Clinic |
| Auguste Geronimi | Circus Spectator Sprayed With Water |
| Bob Morel | |
| Gérard Victor | |
| Marie Frey | |
| Catherine Meurisse | |
| Marie-Anne Chazel | Circus Artist |
| Jean Droze | Gardner |
| Freddy Cantarelli | Circus Clown |
| Bibi Cantarelli | Circus Clown |
| Bouboule | Circus Artist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michel de Broin | Production Design |
| Michel Fabre | Screenplay |
| Jacques Fonteray | Costume Design |
| Claude Zidi | Director, Screenplay |
| Michel Saignes | Title Designer |
| Jean-Paul Schwartz | Camera Operator |
| Henri Sonois | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Wladimir Ivanov | Camera Operator, Director of Photography |
| René Chabal | Assistant Camera |
| Jean-Paul Jarry | Assistant Camera |
| Jeanne Vergne | Costumer |
| Jean-Jacques Beineix | First Assistant Director |
| Rémy Julienne | Stunts, Stunt Coordinator |
| Michèle Abbé-Vannier | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Vladimir Cosma | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Isnardon | Editor |
| Anatole Paris | Makeup Supervisor |
| Jeanne-Marie Liron | Production Secretary |
| Gérard James | Location Manager |
| Gilles Ortion | Sound Assistant |
| Luc Perini | Sound Effects Editor |
| Florence Koechlin | Assistant Script |
| Claudie Adès | Assistant Editor |
| Jean-Claude Laureux | Recording Supervision |
| Jacques Preisach | Property Master |
| Ralph Thiekötter | Assistant Sound Engineer, ADR Recordist |
| Robert Dauphy | Construction Manager |
| Francis Peltier | General Manager |
| Claude Suné | Set Decoration |
| Monique Isnardon | Editor |
| Marie-Madeleine Paris | Makeup Supervisor |
| André Naudin | Foley Artist |
| Hélène de Luze | Assistant Editor |
| Roger Robert | Key Grip |
| Olivier Mauffroy | Assistant Editor |
| Nara Kollery | Sound Mixer |
| Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Jean-Jacques Desages | Location Manager |
| Christine Noël | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Yves Pouffary | Assistant Camera |
| Roger Morand | Production Director |
| Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Maurice Laumain | Sound Editor |
| Bruno Bueno | Set Photographer |
| Hélène Bernardin | Second Assistant Director |
| Marcel Laude | Property Master |
| Catherine Zidi | Sound Assistant |
| Charles-Henri Assola | Special Effects |
| Jacques Touillaud | Electrician |
| Pauline Montel | Administration |
| Jean-Paul Meurisse | Camera Operator |
| Sylvie Koechlin | Script |
| Christian Bourqui | Special Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bernard Artigues | Executive Producer |
| Christian Fechner | Producer |
| Pierre Grunstein | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 30 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 47 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 675 | 741 |