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Alain Delon was at his most impossibly beautiful when Purple Noon was released and made him an instant star. This ripe, colorful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s vicious novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by the versatile René Clément, stars Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged, devil-may-care acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) back to the United States. What initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. Featuring gorgeous location photography of coastal Italy, Purple Noon is crafted with a light touch that allows it to be at once suspenseful and erotic, and it gave Delon the role of a lifetime.
Original Release
03/10/1960
US Release
08/31/1961
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alain Delon | Tom Ripley |
Marie Laforêt | Marge Duval |
Maurice Ronet | Philippe Greenleaf |
Erno Crisa | Inspector Ricordi / Inspector Riccordi |
Frank Latimore | O'Brien |
Billy Kearns | Freddy Miles / Freddy Miles (as Bill Kearns) |
Ave Ninchi | Signora Gianna |
Viviane Chantel | The Belgian lady |
Nerio Bernardi | Agency Director |
Barbel Fanger | Mr. Greenleaf |
Directors
Writers
René Clément, Patricia Highsmith, Paul Gégauff
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alain Delon | Tom Ripley |
Marie Laforêt | Marge Duval |
Maurice Ronet | Philippe Greenleaf |
Erno Crisa | Inspector Ricordi / Inspector Riccordi |
Frank Latimore | O'Brien |
Billy Kearns | Freddy Miles / Freddy Miles (as Bill Kearns) |
Ave Ninchi | Signora Gianna |
Viviane Chantel | The Belgian lady |
Nerio Bernardi | Agency Director |
Barbel Fanger | Mr. Greenleaf |
Lily Romanelli | Housekeeper |
Nicolas Petrov | Boris |
Elvire Popesco | Mrs. Popova |
Walter Grant | Bit |
Paul Muller | Blind Man |
Romy Schneider | Freddy's companion |
Nino Vingelli | Bit |
Leonello Zanchi | Un inspecteur de police |
René Clément | Le serveur maladroit |
Venkatesh Prasad | Ingrid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Raymond Hakim | Producer |
Robert Hakim | Producer |
Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |