Retour de manivelle
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Retour de Manivelle
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Retour de Manivelle (The Turn of the Handle) is an acceptable French approximation of Hollywood "film noir" techniques. Artist Peter Van Eyck rescues Daniel Gelin from drowning, takes the man home, and makes him his chauffeur. Gelin does his job well, even managing to fend off the romantic advances of Van Eyck's wife Michele Morgan (after all, he's got a good thing going with housemaid Michele Mercier). When the artist commits suicide, Morgan inveigles Gelin into rearranging the evidence so that the death will appear to be murder, lest she lose out on her husband's insurance money. The faithful Gelin agrees--a decision he lives to regret. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Michèle Morgan - Helene
- Daniel Gélin - Robert
- Peter Van Eyck - Eric
- Bernard Blier - Inspector
Credit
Denys de la Patellière - Director| Retour En Force (1980 Film), Retour A L'Aube (1938 Film) | |
| Retour à la Bien-Aimée (1979 Film), Retour à la Vie (1949 Film) |
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Retour de manivelle
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| Directed by | Denys de La Patellière |
| Produced by | Jean-Paul Guibert Claude Hauser (assistant) |
| Written by | Denys de La Patellière Michel Audiard (dialogue) |
| Starring | Michèle Morgan Daniel Gélin Michèle Mercier |
| Music by | Maurice Thiriet |
| Cinematography | Pierre Montazel |
| Editing by | Georges Alépée Jacqueline Thiédot |
| Studio | Cinematografica Associati (CI.AS.) Intermondia Films |
| Distributed by | Rank |
| Release date(s) | 1957 |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Italy / France |
| Language | French |
Retour de manivelle (Englishe title: There's Always a Price Tag) is a 1957 French-language motion picture crime drama directed by Denys de La Patellière who co-wrote screenplay with Michel Audiard, based on novel by James Hadley Chase. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin and Michèle Mercier
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Synopsis
Penniless painter Robert Mabillon rescues the rich man Eric Freminger at evening, when he is trying to throw under the wheels of a car. After having got 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 its host and his seductive wife, Helen. Some time later, he receives the visit of the latter, its intimate ordered to leave as soon as possible to their homes ...
Cast
- Michèle Morgan: Hélène Fréminger
- Daniel Gélin: Robert Montillon
- Bernard Blier: Le commissaire Plantavin
- Peter van Eyck: Eric Fréminger
- Michèle Mercier: Jeanne
- Clara Gansard
Production crew
- Director: Denys de La Patellière
- Writer: Denys de La Patellière after the work of James Hadley Chase
- Producer: Jean-Paul Guibert
- Director of photography: Pierre Montazels
Production companies are Cinematografica Associata (Italy) and Films Intermondia (France).
External links
- Retour de manivelle at Alice Cinema
- Retour de manivelle at the Internet Movie Database
- Retour de manivelle at AllRovi
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