Murder at 45 R.P.M.

Murder at 45 R.P.M.
Directed byÉtienne Périer
Written byDominique Fabre
Etienne Perier
Albert Valentin
Based onA coeur perdu by Pierre Boiteau and Boileau-Narcejac
Produced byJacques Bar
StarringDanielle Darrieux
Michel Auclair
Jean Servais
CinematographyMarcel Weiss
Edited byMonique Isnardon
Robert Isnardon
Music byYves Claoué
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Cité Films
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 25 May 1960 (1960-05-25)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$250,000[1]
Box office$600,000[1]

Murder at 45 RPM (French: Meurtre en 45 tours) is a 1960 French psychological thriller film directed by Étienne Périer and starring Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair and Jean Servais. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Mandaroux.[2] It is an adaptation of the 1959 novel A coeur perdu by Pierre Boiteau and Boileau-Narcejac.[3]

Synopsis

The composer Maurice Faugères is dangerously jealous of his wife, Ève, who is a singer, and her accompanist, Jean Le Prat. Both of them believe he is hunting them down and watching them. When Faugères dies in a car accident, Ève thinks Jean is a murderer – and vice versa.

Cast

Reception

According to MGM Records the film made a profit of $9,000.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/3735/meurtre-en-45-tours
  3. ^ Goble p.46

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Lentz, Harris M. Feature Films, 1960–1969: A Filmography of English-Language and Major Foreign-Language United States Releases. McFarland, 2009.