Murder at 45 R.P.M.

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. It is an adaptation of the 1959 novel A coeur perdu by Pierre Boiteau and Boileau-Narcejac.

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

• Danielle Darrieux as Ève Faugères
• Michel Auclair as Jean Le Prat
• Jean Servais as Maurice Faugères
• Henri Guisol as Georges Meliot
• Raymond Gérôme as le commissaire
• Mathilde Casadesus as Elsa
• Jacqueline Danno as Florence
• Julien Verdier as l'aveugle
• Bernard Musson as Jérôme, le valet
• Madeleine Barbulée as la secrétaire
• Ada Lonati as la bonne
• Bernard Lajarrige as Moureu
• Paul Mercey as le vendeur d'autos

Reception

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

See also

• List of French films of 1960

References

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.

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