6 Movies Starring Maurice Ronet

Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-01-29

Languages:

French, German

Countries:

France

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(12431 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Cast:

Writer:

Roger Nimier (adaptation)

Louis Malle (adaptation)

Roger Nimier (dialogue)

Noèl Calef (novel)

Noèl Calef (pre-adaptation)

Fullplot:

Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex - paratrooper want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. But after Julien has killed him and he puts his things in his car, he finds he has forgotten the rope outside the window and he returns to the building to remove it...

Purple Noon

Purple Noon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-03-10

Languages:

French, Italian, English

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (8308 Reviews)

Director:

Renè Clèment

Cast:

Writer:

Patricia Highsmith (novel)

Renè Clèment (adaptation)

Paul Gègauff (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Tom Ripley is sent to Europe by Mr. Greenleaf to fetch his spoiled, playboy son, Philippe, and bring him back home to the States. In return, Tom will receive $5,000. Philippe toys with Tom, pretending he will go back home, but has no intentions of leaving his bride to be, Marge, and honoring his father's wishes. After some time passes, Mr. Greenleaf considers the mission a failure and cuts Tom off. Tom, in desperation, kills Philippe, assumes his identity, and lives the life of a rich playboy. However, he will need all his conman abilities to keep Philippe's friends and the police off the trail.

The Fire Within

The Fire Within

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-10-07

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(4779 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Alain Leroy is having a course of treatment in a private hospital because of his problem with alcohol. Although he is constantly distressed, he leaves the hospital and tries to meet good old days' friends. None of them will be helpful, increasing Alain's distress.

The Unfaithful Wife

The Unfaithful Wife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-11-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2737 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Charles Desvallèes has good reasons to believe that his wife is cheating on him and hires a P.D. in order to prove himself right. Once he knows the lover is writer Victor Pègala, he drives to his apartment, calmly presents himself as the husband, starts a conversation and then kills him cold-bloodedly. The police trace the wife but when she discovers by accident a picture that could incriminate her husband she decides to remain silent.

Beau Pere

Beau Pere

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-10-11

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

123 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1726 Reviews)

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Bertrand Blier

Bertrand Blier (novel)

Fullplot:

Remy is morose, nearing 30 with his career as a musician going nowhere and his eight-year marriage to Martine souring. Then, Martine dies in a car crash, and Marion, her 14-year-old, wants to stay rather than move to her father's. Remy likes the idea: he loves her, he's raised her, and she offers him emotional responsibility. Marion's father objects, but she's willful, so he relents. Soon, she tells Remy she finds him attractive, that she's now "a woman," and why can't they be lovers. Remy is appalled, but weakens, missing her when she spends Christmas with her dad. What if they do become lovers? What next? And what if a women more his age enters the picture?

La balance

La balance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-11-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (788 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Swaim

Cast:

Writer:

Mathieu Fabiani (dialogue)

Bob Swaim (dialogue)

Bob Swaim

Fullplot:

Nicole is a Parisian streetwalker and Dede is her racketeer boyfriend, on the outs with his mob bosses because of a dispute over Nicole. When a police informant ("balance") is murdered, the cops have to scramble for a replacement. Deciding on Dede, they begin to put a nasty squeeze on him and Nicole.

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