Joe Grant, a light-skinned African-African, heads to a small Southern town to investigate the lynching death of his brother. He draws the attention of a gorgeous heiress, who he learns may have been involved in the killing.
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| Christian Marquand | ... | Joe Grant | |
| Antonella Lualdi | ... | Lizbeth Shannon | |
| Fernand Ledoux | ... | Horace Chandley | |
| Renate Ewert | ... | Sylvia Shannon | |
| Marina Petrova | ... | Sheila (as Marina Petrowa) | |
| Daniel Cauchy | ... | Sonny | |
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Catherine Fonteney | ... | Virginia Shannon |
| Claude Berri | ... | David | |
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Jean Droze | ... | Ted |
| Gisèle Gallois | ... | Mona | |
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Lud Germain | ... | Harrison - Le serviteur des Shannon (as Ludovic Germain) |
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Monique Just | ... | Jay |
| Jean Sorel | ... | Elmer | |
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Marie-Blanche Vergnes | ... | Janet |
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André Versini | ... | Lex |
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In the American south, light-skinned Afro-American Joe Grant leaves Memphis and moves to a small town after his 18-year-old brother Sonny is brutally lynched for attempting to marry a white woman. Joe's skin is so light that he is able to pass himself off as Caucasian and find work in a local bookstore. To get revenge on white society, Joe seduces a rich young white girl Lizbeth Shannon, and plots her death. Meanwhile, Joe discovers that the bookstore where he works is a front for an extortion ring, and the town's intolerant men make his life miserable. They wish to kill him, out of racism and jealousy, because the women are attracted by Joe's masculine charms. As time goes by, Joe falls in love with Lizbeth. She loves him back until she learns that he is of African descent. Besides, she is engaged to another young man, Elmer. She suggests they run away together to avoid the blackmailers and the marriage. Joe is beaten by the blackmailers, but the pair manages to run away. Elder ... Written by Artemis-9
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FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
26 June 1959 (France) See more »Also Known As:
I Spit on Your Grave See more »Filming Locations:
Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France See more »Company Credits
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CTI (Cinema Television International), Société Internationale de Production de Films (SIPRO) See more »
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Composed and Conducted by Alain Goraguer
Performed by Alain Goraguer Et Son Ensemble
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At the premier, Boris Vian, who wrote the original novel, denounced the movie, collapsed in his seat and died. See more »Soundtracks
Surprise-partie Au Bord De L'eauComposed and Conducted by Alain Goraguer
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Let me keep it simple. This is one of those films that "looks" depressing from beginning to end, and I don't like depressing films. Granted there is some interesting camerawork by veteran cinematographer Marc Fossard and the jazzy soundtrack by Alain Goraguer is sort of intriguing. However the whole idea of an American film done in French by the French is difficult to digest. It starts out interesting enough as a crude exposé of racism in the American South but degenerates into a sexploitation ode to the legendary superiority of African American virility. That's the only explanation I could come up with after watching the main character, Joe Grant -a black man passing for white- arrive at the fictional town of Trenton, and unleash a veritable sexual revolution among the female population. It is never explained how or why every girl in town wants to get into Joe's pants. After all, the man is only there to avenge his brother's lynching, and does absolutely nothing to cause such a nymphomaniac reaction! That is only one of the many uncertainties that plague the script of "J'irai cracher sur vos tombes". I have never read the Boris Vian novel in which is supposedly based, nor do I intend to ever do so. (For me it is quite enough to enjoy Vian´s musical exploits with his muse Magali Noël). But I digress. Back to the film, there's not much to redeem it, unless you enjoy Trenton's seedy atmosphere, a brief lesbian kiss, a topless beauty swimming in a river, sado-masochism behavior by all, violence, and, of course, Joe's uncalled for sexual magnetism, as played by the extremely virile Christian Marquand. C´est dommage!