L'Opération Corned Beef is a French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. It was filmed during the summer of 1990 and released on 6 February 1991. It was the fifth collaboration between screenwriters Jean-Marie Poiré and Christian Clavier. The film also brought actors Christian Clavier and Jean Reno together, before their appearance in Les Visiteurs. Synopsis The movie begins in Bogotá, Colombia. Capitain Philippe Boulier, called 'Le Squale' (The Shark) (Jean Reno), is monitoring the actions of Augusto Zargas (André Schmit), a former Argentinian colonel and current arms dealer. To track his movements, the French secret service (DGSE) hides a microphone in the engagement ring of Marie-Laurence Granianski (Valérie Lemercier), an interpreter for the consul general, one of Zargas' associates (Marc de Jonge). But Ms. Granianski wants to take a few days off to celebrate her wedding anniversary with her husband, Jean-Jacques (Christian Clavier). 'Le Squale' tries to sabotage the couple's relationship by tempting the husband with a beautiful woman, so that Ms. Granianski will cancel her wedding anniversary and remain at the consulate. 'Le Squale' does not know that the agent they send is actually his own fiancé, Isabelle (Isabelle Renauld). However, in the end, Jean-Jacques Granianski, an average Frenchman and corporate psychologist, resists the secret agent. Technical details Title : L'Opération Corned Beef Director : Jean-Marie Poiré Assistant director : , and Screenplay and script : Christian Clavier, Jean-Marie Poiré Sets : Costumes : Sophie Marcou Director of photography : Sound : Pierre Charles Lenoir Music : Eric Lévi Editing : Catherine Kelber Casting director : Françoise Menidrey Producer : Alain Terzian Production companies: Gaumont, Alpilles productions, Amigo productions, Alter Films, TF1 Films Production Country : France Language : French (with some dialogue in Spanish and German) Format : colour – 35mm – CinemaScope Length : 105 minutes Genre : Comedy, Action, Adventure Release dates : France : 6 February 1991 Germany : 13 June 1991 Hungary : 21 February 1992 (titled Marhakonzerv akció) Spain : 11 March 1994 (titled Operación Chuleta de Ternera) Japan : 5 March 1997 (Direct-to-video) Cast Christian Clavier : Jean-Jacques Granianski. Jean Reno : Captain Philippe Boulier called "le Squale" ('the shark'), agent of the DGSE. Valérie Lemercier : Marie-Laurence Granianski. Isabelle Renauld : Lieutenant Isabelle Fourreau. : Aspirant Monique Garcia. Jacques François :General Masse, of the DGSE. : Georges Favart, coworker of Boulier at the DGSE. Marc de Jonge : Horst Burger, the