Par un beau matin d’été (1965)

Par un beau matin d’été is a French-Spanish-Italian crime film first released in 1965, directed by Jacques Deray.  The film is based on a novel by James Hadley Chase and stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Daumier, Geraldine Chaplin, Gabriele Ferzetti and Georges Géret.  It has also been released under the title: Crime on a Summer Morning.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


On the Côte d’Azur, Francis and his sister Monique make a comfortable living by dubious means.  Monique lures men to her bedroom where, in the course of their lovemaking, they are surprised by Francis, who demands financial reparation to avoid a scandal.  Bored with this way of life, Francis and Monique allow a hoodlum to talk them into participating in a kidnapping that will earn them millions in one fell swoop.  In Spain, they succeed in abducting the teenage daughter of a wealthy man, but all too soon the plan begins to unravel, with dramatic consequences...

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