Rope Around the Neck () is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Pierre Patry and released in 1965.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 48. Based on a novel by Claude Jasmin, the film stars Guy Godin as Léo Longpré, a man who is on the run from the police after murdering his mistress Suzanne (Andrée Lachapelle).Charles-Henri Ramond, "Corde au cou, La – Pierre Patry". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
The cast also includes Henri Norbert, Jean Duceppe, Denise Pelletier, Tania Fédor, Guy L'Écuyer and Jean-Louis Millette.
The film was not well-received by critics, which contributed to Patry's decision to stop making narrative films.Janis L. Pallister, The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1995. . p. 334.
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