Crime on a Summer Morning
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Jacques Deray Music director Michel Magne Language French | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Duration Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Michel Audiard , Georges Bardawil , James Hadley Chase Release date 16 July 1965 (1965-07-16) Initial release February 17, 1965 (France) Screenplay Jacques Deray, James Hadley Chase Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo (Francis), Geraldine Chaplin (Zelda), Sophie Daumier (Monique), Gabriele Ferzetti (Victor Dermott)Similar movies Jean-Paul Belmondo movies, Kidnapping movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. The film is based on the 1963 novel One Bright Summer Morning written by James Hadley Chase.
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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.
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References
Crime on a Summer Morning WikipediaCrime on a Summer Morning IMDb Crime on a Summer Morning themoviedb.org