Director: | Denys de La Patellière |
Producer: | Jean-Paul Guibert Claude Hauser (assistant) |
Screenplay: | Denys de La Patellière Michel Audiard (dialogue) |
Starring: | Michèle Morgan Daniel Gélin Michèle Mercier |
Music: | Maurice Thiriet |
Cinematography: | Pierre Montazel |
Editing: | Georges Alépée Jacqueline Thiédot |
Studio: | Cinematografica Associati (CI.AS.) Intermondia Films |
Distributor: | Rank Organisation |
Runtime: | 118 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
is a 1957 French crime drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière who co-wrote screenplay with Michel Audiard, based on the 1956 novel There's Always a Price Tag by James Hadley Chase. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin and Michèle Mercier.
Penniless painter Robert Mabillon rescues rich man Eric Freminger one evening, when he is trying to throw himself under the wheels of a car. After having gotten quite drunk, Mabillon proposes to renew his luxurious villa in Saint-Jean-Cap on the French Riviera. Nevertheless, Freminger convinces him to become his driver. The same night, Mabillon has witnessed a violent dispute between his host and his seductive wife, Helen. Some time later, he receives a visit by the latter, its intimate ordered to leave as soon as possible to their homes ...
Hélène Fréminger
Robert Montillon
Jeanne
Charles Babin
M. Bost, le créancier
L' inspecteur-adjoint (as Jean Ollivier)
Une secrétaire
Eric Fréminger
Le commissaire Plantavin
Production companies are Cinematografica Associata (Italy) and Films Intermondia (France).