is a 1957 French crime drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière who co-wrote screenplay with Michel Audiard, based on the 1956 novel '' There's Always a Price Tag'' by James Hadley Chase. The film stars

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Synopsis

Penniless painter Robert Mabillon rescues rich man Eric Freminger one evening, when he is trying to throw himself under the wheels of a car. After having gotten quite drunk, Mabillon proposes to renew his luxurious villa in Saint-Jean-Cap on the

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. Nevertheless, Freminger convinces him to become his driver. The same night, Mabillon has witnessed a violent dispute between his host and his seductive wife, Helen. Some time later, he receives a visit by the latter, its intimate ordered to leave as soon as possible to their homes ...

Cast

: Hélène Fréminger *

: Robert Montillon *

: Jeanne *

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: Charles Babin *

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: M. Bost, le créancier *

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: L' inspecteur-adjoint (as Jean Ollivier) *

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: Une secrétaire * Peter van Eyck: Eric Fréminger * Bernard Blier: Le commissaire Plantavin

Production crew

*Director: Denys de La Patellière *Writer: Denys de La Patellière after the work of James Hadley Chase *Producer: Jean-Paul Guibert *Director of photography: Pierre Montazels Production companies are Cinematografica Associata (Italy) and Films Intermondia (France).

External links

at Alice Cinema * * 1957 films 1957 crime drama films Italian crime drama films French crime drama films 1950s French-language films Films based on works by James Hadley Chase Films based on British novels Films directed by Denys de La Patellière Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{crime-drama-film-stub