It's Delon -- impossibly beautiful, impossible to read, cold, cool -- who steals the film.
Purple Noon
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
1960 · 1h 58m · PG-13
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
René Clément
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Purple Noon
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- René Clément Director
- Alain Delon as Tom Ripley / Philippe Greenleaf
- Marie Laforêt as Marge Duval
- Maurice Ronet as Philippe Greenleaf
- Erno Crisa as Riccordi
- Frank Latimore as O'Brien
- Billy Kearns as Freddy Miles
- Ave Ninchi as Signora Gianna
- Viviane Chantel as The Belgian lady
- Romy Schneider Cast
- Nerio Bernardi Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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.
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