Rope Around the Neck (1965)

Original title

La corde au cou

Directed by

Pierre Patry

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man murders his mistress and goes on the run from the police. The film follows his attempts to escape while dealing with the psychological pressure of his crime.

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What happens

Rope Around the Neck (French: La corde au cou) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Pierre Patry and released in 1965. Based on a novel by Claude Jasmin, the film stars Guy Godin as Léo Longpré, a man who is on the run from the police after murdering his mistress Suzanne (Andrée Lachapelle). The cast also includes Henri Norbert, Jean Duceppe, Denise Pelletier, Tania Fédor, Guy L'Écuyer and Jean-Louis Millette. The film was not well-received by critics, which contributed to Patry's decision to stop making narrative films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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