| Le Magnifique | |
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| Directed by | Philippe de Broca |
| Written by | Philippe de Broca Francis Veber Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Produced by | Georges Dancigers Alexandre Mnouchkine |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo Jacqueline Bisset |
| Cinematography | René Mathelin |
| Music by | Claude Bolling |
| Distributed by | Cine III |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy[1] |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,895,800 admissions (France)[2] |
Le Magnifique (literally The Magnificent; also known as The Man from Acapulco) is a 1973 spy comedy, a French/Italian international co-production, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset and Vittorio Caprioli that was directed by Philippe de Broca. Le Magnifique is a slapstick spoof of B-series spy films and novels and the men who write them.
In the film, a financially struggling writer of spy novels imagines himself as an idealised superspy. In his imagination, he casts his female neighbor as the spy's paramour, and his publisher as an Albanian villain. The imagination is soon reflected in the formation of a love triangle in the writer's life.
- ^ a b Brennan, Sandra. "Le Magnifique". Allmovie. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ Box office information for Jean Paul Belmondo films at Box Office Story