Enough Rope (film)

Enough Rope (French: Le meurtrier) is a 1963 French-Italian-West-German neo noir crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux and Gert Fröbe. The film is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1954 novel The Blunderer.

Enough Rope
French film poster
Directed by	Claude Autant-Lara
Screenplay by	Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost
Based on	The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith
Produced by	Alexander Grüter
Starring	Marina Vlady Robert Hossein Maurice Ronet Yvonne Furneaux Gert Fröbe
Cinematography	Jacques Natteau
Edited by	Madeleine Gug
Music by	René Cloërec
Color process	Black and white
Production companies	Coron Filmproduktion Galatea Film International Productions Les Films Marceau Sancro Film
Distributed by	Cocinor
Release date	11 January 1963 (1963-01-11)
Running time	116 minutes
Countries	France Italy West Germany
Language	French

Plot

Walter Saccard and Melchior Kimmel are both suspected for the murder of their wives and set out to prove their innocence.

Cast

• Marina Vlady as Ellie
• Robert Hossein as Corby
• Maurice Ronet as Walter Saccard
• Yvonne Furneaux as Clara Saccard
• Gert Fröbe as Melchior Kimmel
• Paulette Dubost as Helen Kimmel
• Jacques Monod as Le commissaire / Police Commissioner
• Harry Meyen as Tony
• Clara Gansard as La bonne
• Laurence Badie as La serveuse

Release

The film was released in France on 11 January 1963 through Tamasa Distribution.^[1] It had 946,050 admissions in France.^[2]

See also

• List of French films of 1963