Enough Rope (film)
1963 French film
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Enough Rope (French: Le meurtrier) is a 1963 French-Italian-West-German neo noir crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux and Gert Fröbe. The film is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1954 novel The Blunderer.
Directed byClaude Autant-Lara
Screenplay byJean Aurenche
Pierre Bost
Pierre Bost
Based onThe Blunderer by
Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith
Produced byAlexander Grüter
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| Directed by | Claude Autant-Lara |
| Screenplay by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost |
| Based on | The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith |
| Produced by | Alexander Grüter |
| Starring | Marina Vlady Robert Hossein Maurice Ronet Yvonne Furneaux Gert Fröbe |
| Cinematography | Jacques Natteau |
| Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
| Music by | René Cloërec |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Coron Filmproduktion Galatea Film International Productions Les Films Marceau Sancro Film |
| Distributed by | Cocinor |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | French |
Plot
Walter Saccard and Melchior Kimmel are both suspected for the murder of their wives and set out to prove their innocence.
Cast
- Marina Vlady as Ellie
- Robert Hossein as Corby
- Maurice Ronet as Walter Saccard
- Yvonne Furneaux as Clara Saccard
- Gert Fröbe as Melchior Kimmel
- Paulette Dubost as Helen Kimmel
- Jacques Monod as Le commissaire / Police Commissioner
- Harry Meyen as Tony
- Clara Gansard as La bonne
- Laurence Badie as La serveuse
