Rope Around the Neck explained

Rope Around the Neck
Native Name:
Director:Pierre Patry
Producer:Pierre Patry
Based On:La Corde au cou by Claude Jasmin
Starring:Guy Godin
Andrée Lachapelle
Henri Norbert
Music:François Cousineau
Cinematography:Jean Roy
Editing:Lucien Marleau
Studio:Coopératio
Distributor:France Film
Runtime:104 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

Rope Around the Neck is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Pierre Patry and released in 1965.[1] Based on a novel by Claude Jasmin, the film stars Guy Godin as Léo Longpré, a man who is on the run from the police after murdering his mistress Suzanne (Andrée Lachapelle).[2]

The cast also includes Henri Norbert, Jean Duceppe, Denise Pelletier, Tania Fédor, Guy L'Écuyer and Jean-Louis Millette.

The film was not well-received by critics, which contributed to Patry's decision to stop making narrative films.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Gerald Pratley]
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Corde au cou, La – Pierre Patry". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
  3. Janis L. Pallister, The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1995. . p. 334.