Le Meurtrier (1963)

Le Meurtrier is a French thriller film first released in 1963, directed by Claude Autant-Lara.  The film is based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith and stars Maurice Ronet, Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein, Laurence Badie and Paulette Dubost.  It has also been released under the title: Enough Rope.  Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.


One winter evening, Melchior Kimmel kills his wife Hélène on a highway on the Côte d’Azur.  Although the police suspect Kimmel of the murder, the case against him is dropped through lack of evidence.  A few months later, another woman, Clara Saccard, is found dead at a bus station.  This time, the suspect is her husband, Walter, who, coincidently, is a regular visitor to a bookshop owned by Kimmel.  Inspector Corby is convinced that the two killings are connected – but how...?
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