---
title: 'Purple Noon (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Clément'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/purple-noon-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054189/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Purple Noon (1960)

1960 · 115 min · Drama, Crime · France, Italy

Original title: Plein soleil

## Synopsis

Purple Noon is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, based on the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith.

## Credits

- **Director:** [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement)
- **Screenplay:** [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement), [Paul Gégauff](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-gegauff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean-François Dandrieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-dandrieu)
- **Producer:** [Robert and Raymond Hakim](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-and-raymond-hakim)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Javet](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-javet)

## Cast

- [Frank Latimore](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-latimore)
- [Erno Crisa](https://cinepixo.com/people/erno-crisa)
- [René Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clement)
- [Nerio Bernardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nerio-bernardi)
- [Maurice Ronet](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-ronet)
- [Alain Delon](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-delon)
- [Romy Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-schneider)
- [Elvira Popescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvira-popescu)
- [Walter Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-grant)
- [Paul Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-muller)
- [Ave Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ave-ninchi)
- [Viviane Chantel](https://cinepixo.com/people/viviane-chantel)
- [Marie Laforêt](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-laforet) as Marge Duval
- [Nino Vingelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-vingelli)
- [Billy Kearns](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-kearns)

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