Retour de manivelle
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDenys de La Patellière
Screenplay byDenys de La Patellière
Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Based onthe novel There's Always a Price Tag
by James Hadley Chase
Produced byJean-Paul Guibert
Claude Hauser (assistant)
StarringMichèle Morgan
Daniel Gélin
Michèle Mercier
CinematographyPierre Montazel
Edited byGeorges Alépée
Jacqueline Thiédot
Music byMaurice Thiriet
Production
companies
Cinematografica Associati (CI.AS.)
Intermondia Films
Distributed byRank
Release date
  • 18 September 1957 (1957-09-18)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Retour de manivelle is a 1957 French crime drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière who co-wrote screenplay with Michel Audiard, based on the 1956 novel There's Always a Price Tag by James Hadley Chase. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin and Michèle Mercier.

Synopsis

Penniless painter Robert Mabillon rescues rich man Eric Freminger one evening, when he is trying to throw himself under the wheels of a car. After having gotten quite drunk, Mabillon proposes to renew his luxurious villa in Saint-Jean-Cap on the French Riviera. Nevertheless, Freminger convinces him to become his driver. The same night, Mabillon has witnessed a violent dispute between his host and his seductive wife, Helen. Some time later, he receives a visit by the latter, its intimate ordered to leave as soon as possible to their homes ...

Cast

Production crew

Production companies are Cinematografica Associata (Italy) and Films Intermondia (France).

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Films directed by Denys de La Patellière
Films by Michel Audiard
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