À Double Tour (1959)
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New Wave director Claude Chabrol employs an aloof perspective in this tale of murder and a dysfunctional family. The paterfamilias Henri Marcoux (Jacques Dacqmine) is having a fling with the neighbor woman Leda (Antonella Lualdi). When she turns up murdered, police suspect the milkman, a friend of the Marcoux's sultry maid Julie. But Laszlo (Jean-Paul Belmondo) the non-conformist Hungarian boyfriend of Henri's daughter Elisabeth (Jeanne Valerie) thinks not. Was the killer Henri's unbalanced son Richard? His wife Therese (Madeleine Robinson) is a regular harridan; is she guilty? Robinson won the "Best Actress" award at the 1959 Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Therese. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Antonella Lualdi, (more)
- Director(s):
- Claude Chabrol
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of À Double Tour
New Wave director Claude Chabrol employs an aloof perspective in this tale of murder and a dysfunctional family. The paterfamilias Henri Marcoux (Jacques Dacqmine) is having a fling with the neighbor woman Leda (Antonella Lualdi). When she turns up murdered, police suspect the milkman, a friend of the Marcoux's sultry maid Julie. But Laszlo (Jean-Paul Belmondo) the non-conformist Hungarian boyfriend of Henri's daughter Elisabeth (Jeanne Valerie) thinks not. Was the killer Henri's unbalanced son Richard? His wife Therese (Madeleine Robinson) is a regular harridan; is she guilty? Robinson won the "Best Actress" award at the 1959 Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Therese. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast of À Double Tour
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Laszlo Kovacs
- Madeleine Robinson - Therese Marcoux
- Jean Valerie - Elizabeth Marcoux
- Mario David - Roger the Milkman
- Raymond Pelissier
- André Jocelyn - Richard Marcoux
- Antonella Lualdi - Leda Mortoni
- Jacques Dacqmine - Henri Marcoux
- Bernadette Lafont - Julie
- André Dino
- Laszlo Szabo - The Hungarian
- Director(s):
- Claude Chabrol
- Writer(s):
- Paul Gégauff
- Producer(s):
- Robert Hakim, Raymond Hakim
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
- 1959 - Venice International Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best Actress
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