Crime on a Summer Morning

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.^[2] The film is based on the 1963 novel One Bright Summer Morning written by James Hadley Chase.

Crime on a Summer Morning
Film poster
Directed by	Jacques Deray
Written by	Michel Audiard Georges Bardawil James Hadley Chase
Produced by	Paul-Edmond Decharme Benito Perojo
Starring	Jean-Paul Belmondo Sophie Daumier Geraldine Chaplin Gabriele Ferzetti Georges Géret Akim Tamiroff
Cinematography	Juan Julio Baena Jean Charvein
Edited by	Monique Kirsanoff
Music by	Michel Magne
Distributed by	SN Prodis
Release date	16 July 1965 (1965-07-16)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	1.5 million admissions (France)[1]

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.

Cast

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Francis
• Sophie Daumier as Monique
• Geraldine Chaplin as Zelda
• Gabriele Ferzetti as Vic Dermatt
• Georges Géret as Zegetti
• Akim Tamiroff as Frank Kramer
• Adolfo Celi as Van Willie
• Jacques Monod as Lucas
• Germaine Kerjean as Mme. Zegetti
• Analía Gadé as Consuela Dermatt
• Jacques Higelin as Le motard
• Claude Cerval as Le pigeon

See also

• List of French films of 1965

References

1. Box office information for film at Box office story
2. Sandra Brennan. "New York Times: Crime on a Summer Morning". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2008.

External links

• Crime on a Summer Morning at IMDb