Crime on a Summer Morning
Film poster
Directed byJacques Deray
Written byMichel Audiard
Georges Bardawil
James Hadley Chase
Produced byPaul-Edmond Decharme
Benito Perojo
StarringJean-Paul Belmondo
Sophie Daumier
Geraldine Chaplin
Gabriele Ferzetti
Georges Géret
Akim Tamiroff
CinematographyJuan Julio Baena
Jean Charvein
Music byMichel Magne
Release date
  • 16 July 1965 (1965-07-16)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office1.5 million admissions (France)[1]

Crime on a Summer Morning (French: Par un beau matin d'été) is a 1965 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo.[2]The film is based on the 1963 novel One Bright Summer Morning written by James Hadley Chase.

Plot

Francis and his sister Monique have a shady method for earning money. Monique lures men into her bedroom and shortly after her brother ends up storming in angrily claiming that she is underage. The men then have to pay them off to keep their reputation.

They receive an offer from the bandit Frank Kramer to join in on a kidnapping operation in Spain. Francis and Monique are promised a huge sum which means that they could retire from their petty con games. The target is the daughter of the American billionaire Van Willie.

They manage to kidnap her and confine her in with a retired painter along with his wife and son in Andalusia. But not everything goes according to plan.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box office story
  2. ^ Sandra Brennan. "New York Times: Crime on a Summer Morning". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2008.

External links

Jacques Deray
Films by Michel Audiard
Categories