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.https://www.unifrance.org/film/3735/meurtre-en-45-tours It is an adaptation of the 1959 novel A coeur perdu by Pierre Boiteau and Boileau-Narcejac.Goble p.46
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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