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A Kiss for a Killer

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A Kiss for a Killer
Directed byHenri Verneuil
Written byHenri Verneuil
(adaptation)
Annette Wademant
(adaptation)
François Boyer
(adaptation)
François Boyer
(dialogue)
Annette Wadette
(dialogue)
Based onThe Sucker Punch by James Hadley Chase
Produced byMichel Safra
StarringHenri Vidal
Mylène Demongeot
Isa Miranda
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byLouisette Hautecoeur
Music byPaul Durand
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Spéva Films
Distributed byCinédis
Release date
  • 27 November 1957 (1957-11-27)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

A Kiss for a Killer (French: Une manche et la belle) is a 1957 French drama mystery 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.

Plot

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.79
  2. ^ Hayward p.396

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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