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.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.
Plot 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 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
See also List of French films of 1957
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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