L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.

• Released: 1991-02-06
• Genres: Comedy, Action
• Runtime: 1h 45m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 278 votes

Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré.

Top cast

• Jean Reno as Capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit "Le Squale"
• Christian Clavier as Jean-Jacques Granianski, le pigeon manipulé
• Valérie Lemercier as Marie-Laurence Granianski, interprète à l'ambassade d'Autriche
• Isabelle Renauld as Lieutenant Isabelle Fourreau, partenaire du Squale
• Mireille Rufel as L'aspirant Garcia, coéquipière du Squale
• Jacques François as Le Général Masse, supérieur hiérarchique du Squale
• Francis Coffinet as Georges Favart, agent de la DGSE
• Marc de Jonge as Le consul Burger de l'ambassade d'Autriche
• Raymond Gérôme as Ghislain Chauffereau, beau-père de Jean-Jacques
• Jacques Sereys as Le ministre de la Défense

Full cast & crew

Where to watch L'Opération Corned Beef

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video

Movies like L'Opération Corned Beef

If you enjoyed L'Opération Corned Beef, these movies have a similar feel:

• Superwho? (2022)
• Hostile Takeover (2025)
• Gotcha! (1985)
• My Spy (2020)
• How to Rob a Bank (2007)
• La Chèvre (1981)
• The Paper Tigers (2020)
• Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
• Charlie's Angels (2000)
• Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
• Taxi 2 (2000)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app