A Kiss for a Killer

A Kiss for a Killer
Directed by	Henri Verneuil
Written by	Henri Verneuil (adaptation) Annette Wademant (adaptation) François Boyer (adaptation) François Boyer (dialogue) Annette Wadette (dialogue)
Based on	The Sucker Punch by James Hadley Chase
Produced by	Michel Safra
Starring	Henri Vidal Mylène Demongeot Isa Miranda
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by	Paul Durand
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Spéva Films
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	27 November 1957 (1957-11-27)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

A Kiss for a Killer (French: Une manche et la belle) is a 1957 French drama mystery film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda.^[1] It is based on the 1954 novel The Sucker Punch by James Hadley Chase.^[2]

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

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.

• Henri Vidal as Philippe Delaroche
• Mylène Demongeot as Eva Dollan
• Isa Miranda as Stella Farnwell
• Jean-Loup Philippe as Bob Farnwell (as Jean-Lou Philippe)
• Simone Bach as Sylvette Guibert
• Antonin Berval as Le maire
• Jean Galland as Bank manager
• Ky Duyen as Chang
• André Roanne as Le commissaire
• Marc Valbel as Monsieur Edmond
• Alfred Adam as L'inspecteur de police Malard

• List of French films of 1957

• 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.

• A Kiss for a Killer at IMDb

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