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'A Kiss for a Killer' (French: 'Une manche et la belle') is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylne Demongeot and Isa Miranda.Goble p.79 It is based on the 1954 novel 'The Sucker Punch' by James Hadley Chase.Hayward p.396

It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

Synopsis



A wealthy widow living in Nice marries an attractive but self-centred young man. Soon after the wedding he meets and falls in love with her niece Eva, whose calculating ambitions lead her to push him to murder her aunt.

Cast



* Henri Vidal as Philippe Delaroche

* Mylne Demongeot as Eva Dollan

* Isa Miranda as Betty Farnwell

* Jean-Loup Philippe as Bob Farnwell

* Simone Bach as Sylvette Guibert

* Antonin Berval as Le maire

* Jean Galland as Bank manager

* Ky Duyen as Chang

* Andr Roanne as Le commissaire

* Marc Valbel as Monsieur Edmond

* Alfred Adam as L'inspecteur de police Malard

References





Bibliography



* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

* Hayward, Susan. 'French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film'. Intellect Books, 2010.


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