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Murder at 45 R.P.M. (1960)

Murder at 45 R.P.M. poster
Original title
Meurtre en 45 tours
Directed by
Étienne Périer
Genre
thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wife becomes the prime suspect when her husband dies under suspicious circumstances during a recording session. The story follows her as she tries to prove her innocence while the police and those close to her grow increasingly wary.

tensesuspensefuldeliberatemoodynoirishclassicmysteriouspsychologically taut

What happens

Murder at 45 RPM (French: Meurtre en 45 tours) is a 1960 French psychological thriller film directed by Étienne Périer and starring Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair and Jean Servais. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Mandaroux. It is an adaptation of the 1959 novel A coeur perdu by Pierre Boiteau and Boileau-Narcejac. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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