Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
"Par un beau matin d'été" (original title)

Director:

Jacques Deray

Writers:

M. Andriard, Michel Audiard (dialogue),

Stars:

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Daumier, Geraldine Chaplin

Cast

Cast overview:
Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Francis
Sophie Daumier	...	Monique
Geraldine Chaplin	...	Zelda
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Victor Dermott
Georges Géret	...	Max
Akim Tamiroff	...	Frank Kramer
Claude Cerval	...	Jean-Pierre 'Pierrot' - le pigeon
Adolfo Celi	...	Van Willie
Jacques Monod	...	Joseph Lucas
Germaine Kerjean	...	la mère de Max
Analía Gadé	...	Consuelo Dermott
Jacques Higelin	...	Le motard
Michèle Viborel	...	La copine de Francis

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

foreign language adaptation | kidnapping | based on novel

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Spain Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

17 February 1965 (France)

Also Known As:

Crime on a Summer Morning

Filming Locations:

Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 11,335,567 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films Borderie, Jolly Film, Paul Edmaond Decharme

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

CRIME ON A SUMMER MORNING (Jacques Deray, 1965) **1/2

The first half of this crime thriller, involving a kidnapping and based on a novel by James Hadley Chase, is generally light-hearted - but then it turns serious when the criminals fall out and two of them end up dead!

In itself, unremarkable but enjoyable, benefiting from the crisp photography of its sun-drenched countryside locations and a fine cast - Jean-Paul Belmondo, Adolfo Celi, Geraldine Chaplin (in her film debut!), Gabriele Ferzetti, Georges Geret (from Luis Bunuel's DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID [1964]) and Akim Tamiroff.

Still, perhaps the most striking presence in the film is that of Sophie Daumier (whom I hadn't recognized from the Spaghetti Western I watched recently, FORT YUMA GOLD [1967]!) as Belmondo's sexy sister, and with whom she shares an unreserved complicity hinting at an incestuous relationship - though this being an old-fashioned black-and-white film, the matter isn't taken any further than that!!