Start the Revolution Without Me
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Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1970-02-04
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Bud Yorkin
Writer: Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy, History
Original title: Start the Revolution Without Me
Production Companies: Norbud Films, NorBud Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Gene Wilder
Donald Sutherland
Hugh Griffith
Jack MacGowran
Billie Whitelaw
Victor Spinetti
Ewa Aulin
Helen Fraser
Rosalind Knight
Harry Fowler
Murray Melvin
Ken Parry
Orson Welles
Maxwell Shaw
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