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Purple Noon
Directed by
René Clément
1960
1h 55m
PG-13
Crime
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Drama
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Thriller
7.7
95%
91%
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Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
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Cast of Purple Noon
Alain Delon
Tom Ripley
Marie Laforêt
Marge Duval
Maurice Ronet
Philippe Greenleaf
Erno Crisa
Inspector Riccordi
Frank Latimore
O'Brien
Billy Kearns
Freddy Miles
Ave Ninchi
Signora Gianna
Viviane Chantel
The Belgian Lady
Nerio Bernardi
Agency Director
Barbel Fanger
Mr. Greenleaf
Lily Romanelli
Housekeeper
Nicolas Petrov
Boris
Elvira Popescu
Mrs. Popova
Romy Schneider
Freddy's Companion (uncredited)
Paul Müller
Blind Man (uncredited)
René Clément
The clumsy waiter (uncredited)
Jacqueline Decaë
Ingrid (uncredited)
Leonello Zanchi
Police inspector (uncredited)
Walter Grant
Purchaser of the yacht (uncredited)
Nino Vingelli
(uncredited)
Purple Noon Reviews
USA Today
Mike Clark
Rene Clement's subversive direction makes us root for Delon to pull off a tricky tightrope disguise as suspicious police pursue him from hotel to apartment and town to town.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The best thing about the film is the way the plot devises a way for Ripley to create a perfect cover-up, a substitution of bodies.
Slant Magazine
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Its mechanical aesthetic suggests that rather than having to sublimate what remorse Tom Ripley might feel toward his actions, he simply doesn't experience any.
Scene-Stealers.com
Eric Melin
Clément's strategy is to film Ripley's actions with little editorializing and the film is both laid-back and taut at the same time, especially in the second half of the film as the stakes get higher and it becomes more of a thriller.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
Condemned now to exist in the shadow of a talented impersonator, this earlier adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's remarkable novel has been all too readily overlooked, despite possessing considerable charms of its own.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The sinister occurs within the confines of the beautiful, like a disease eating away a beautiful tree from the inside.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
'Talented Mr. Ripley' with a French accent; stylish and memorable
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Alain Delon, in his third film, gives a staggering chilly performance as the psychopathic killer.
Lawrence Journal-World
Dan Lybarger
A fascinating earlier version of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' that features a much different murderous protagonist.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
A gem of a psychological thriller, with Alain Delon and Marie Laforet in top form, Rene Clement's French version of Patricia Highsmith's noir novel is far superior to Minghella's 1999 remake.
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