Main Cast: Alain Delon, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Mutton, Marius Goring, Catherine Jourdan
Release Year: 1968
Country: FR/UK
Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
Director Jack Cardiff also served as scripter and cinematographer of the Anglo-French co-production Girl on a Motorcycle (La Motocyclette) The girl in question is played by leather-clad Marianne Faithfull, who speeds through Alsace on her cycle, en route to a tryst in Heidelberg with her ex-lover (Alain Delon). In a series of flashbacks, she recalls the events leading up to the present critical moment, including her desultory marriage. Based on a novel by Andre de Pieyre, the R-rated Girl on a Motorcycle was originally released in English-speaking countries in an X-rated version titled Naked Under Leather. Based on the stage play by Walter Melville. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jean Leduc - Jean; Arnold Diamond - French Customs Officer; John Heller - German Customs Officer; Andre Maranne - French Superintendent; Jacques Marin - Pump Attendant; Marika Rivera - German Waitress; Bari Johnson; Christopher Williams; Richard Blake
Credit
Jean D'Eaubonne - Art Director, Russell Hagg - Art Director, Lanvin-Castille - Costume Designer, Jack Cardiff - Director, Peter Musgrave - Editor, Les Reed - Composer (Music Score), Jack Cardiff - Cinematographer, Rene Guissart - Cinematographer, William Sassoon - Producer, David Watson - Stunts, Jack Cardiff - Screenwriter, Gillian Freeman - Screenwriter, Ronald Duncan - Screenwriter, Andre Pieyre DeMandiargues - Book Author
The Girl on a Motorcycle (French: La motocyclette), also known as Naked Under Leather, is a 1968British-French film starring Alain Delon, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Mutton, Marius Goring, and Catherine Jourdan. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[1] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The Girl on a Motorcycle redefined the leather jacket for motorcyclists into a full body suit that Marianne Faithfull wore in the film. [2]
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike--symbol of freedom and escape--to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.
Based on the short story "La Motocyclette" by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, or the English title "The Motorcycle".
