The Surprise Guest (L'Invité surprise)
Original French Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Martin Gaillard
Éric Blanc
Charles Mazzena
Victor Lanoux
Commissioner Le Bourreux
Michel Galabru
Col. Borm
Jean Carmet
The chief of police
Jacques François
Léa Gaillard
Renée Saint-Cyr
Julie
Françoise Dorner
Jacques Vincent aka "The Bearded Man"
Michel Baumann
The Surprise Guest L'Invité surprise ) is a 1989 French crime comedy directed by Georges Lautner . Martin Gaillard (Éric Blanc ), a young African Frenchmen and adopted son of a retired police Commissioner Charles Mazzena (Victor Lanoux ), is accidentally involved in extremely confusing affair, involving police, secret service and criminals.
The following weapons were used in the film The Surprise Guest (L'Invité surprise) :
Manurhin MR-73 Charles Mazzena's (Victor Lanoux ) favoured firearm is a Manurhin MR-73 revolver with duty sights and 4" barrel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manurhin MR-73 Gendarmerie with 3 inch barrel Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver is seen on Charles' nightstand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver is seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles pursues a gangster on the cellar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles breaks into the apartments of the boss of Italian gang. Beretta 92S In one scene Charles Mazzena (Victor Lanoux ) gives a Beretta 92 -style pistol to Martin Gaillard (Éric Blanc ). The rounded trigger guard and the lack of the decocking safety on the right side allows to guess this pistol to be a Beretta 92S .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta Model 92S - 9x19mm. This shows the right side of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin examines the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the pistol. Note the rounded trigger guard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol on the table. It seems to lack safety on slide and on frame. Unidentified pistol In one scene Charles Mazzena (Victor Lanoux ) takes a suppressed pistol from his weapon cache. It resembles a Heckler & Koch P9S but not in all features.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch P9S, pre 1973 model with smooth trigger guard - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles takes the pistol from the weapon cache. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Various handguns Various handguns, mostly revolvers, are briefly seen in some scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two police detectives accompany Commissioner Le Bourreux (Michel Galabru ). The one at the left holds a snub nose revolver while the one at the right is armed with a pistol, supposedly a Beretta. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three Italian gangsters aim their guns. The one in center seems to hold some midget gun while two others carry normal size revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more gangster with a revolver appears in the same scene. Remington 870 In the opening scene an assassin fires a sawed-off Remington 870 shotgun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Mazzena's Arsenal Charles Mazzena keeps a large number of firearms in his apartments. They can be identified only marginally.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inside the weapon cache we can see a double barreled shotgun (at the right) and several handguns, among which a Manurhin MR-73 (in center), a Walther P38 (above MR-73 revolver) and a bright nickel plated Luger P08 (on the bottom). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A bolt action hunting rifle is seen at the right, next to the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pump action shotgun is seen at the left. Next to the shotgun is an M1911A1 -style pistol and a nickel plated Derringer with ivory grips on top. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A revolver is seen over Charles' shoulder. It appears to be a top-break model, most likely a Webley Revolver . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grips of derringer and top-break revolvers are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sawed-off double barreled shotgun is seen on the wall of the weapon cache. In one scene an Italian gangster (Gérard Hernandez) watches 1963 crime movie Les tontons flingueurs
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maitre Folace (Francis Blanche ) fires a suppressed Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jean (Robert Dalban ) fires a Retolaza Hermanos Liberty pistol. 
