A Kiss for a Killer
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Directed by | Henri Verneuil |
Written by | François Boyer Henri Verneuil Annette Wademant |
Based on | The Sucker Punch by James Hadley Chase |
Produced by | Michel Safra |
Starring | Henri Vidal Mylène Demongeot Isa Miranda |
Cinematography | Christian Matras |
Edited by | Louisette Hautecoeur |
Music by | Paul Durand |
Production company | Spéva Films |
Distributed by | Cinédis |
Release date | 27 November 1957 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
A Kiss for a Killer (French: Une manche et la belle) is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda.[1] It is based on the 1954 novel The Sucker Punch by James Hadley Chase.[2]
It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.
Synopsis[]
A wealthy widow living in Nice marries an attractive but self-centred young man. Soon after the wedding he meets and falls in love with her niece Eva, whose calculating ambitions lead her to push him to murder her aunt.
Cast[]
- Henri Vidal as Philippe Delaroche
- Mylène Demongeot as Eva Dollan
- Isa Miranda as Betty Farnwell
- Jean-Loup Philippe as Bob Farnwell
- as Sylvette Guibert
- Antonin Berval as Le maire
- Jean Galland as Bank manager
- as Chang
- André Roanne as Le commissaire
- as Monsieur Edmond
- Alfred Adam as L'inspecteur de police Malard
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1957 films
- 1950s thriller films
- French thriller films
- French films
- Films directed by Henri Verneuil
- Films set in Nice
- Films shot in Nice
- Films shot at Victorine Studios
- Films based on British novels
- 1950s French film stubs