Purple Noon(1961)

Poster of Purple Noon

Synopsis

Tom Ripley is an angelic-looking young American whose talents for everything but holding down a job are impressive. When he is recruited by a concerned father to travel first class (all expenses paid) to Paris to bring back an errant son, he accepts. The two young men enjoy the good life in Italy until Tom finds his money source cut off and discovers a more sinister way to maintain his lifestyle.
Tom Ripley is an angelic-looking young American whose talents for everything but holding down a job are impressive. When he is recruited by a concerned father to travel first class (all expenses paid) to Paris to …
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In Theaters

  • 1961

MPAA Rating

PG 13

Genres

Adaptation, Thriller, Drama, Foreign

Run Time

1 hour 58 minutes

Distributors

Miramax Zoe

Box Office

$663,507

Also Known As

  • Blazing Sun
  • Lust For Evil
  • Plein Soleil
  • Plein de soleil

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Italy

Produced In

France

Director

Rene Clement

Director

CAST

Alain Delon

Tom Ripley

Marie Laforet

Marge

Maurice Ronet

Philippe Greenleaf

Bill Kearns

Freddy Miles

Erno Crisa

Inspector Riccordi

Frank Latimore

O'Brien