Purple Noon

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Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: New video interview with Rene Clement scholar Denitza Bautcheva; archival interviews with Alain Delon and novelist Patricia Highsmith; original English trailer; booklet.
Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet.
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this film stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States; what initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. Bonus features include the original English language trailer, an archival interview with Alain Delon, and more.
DVD, widescreen (1.66:1, 16x9) presentation; PCM mono.
Contents: Talented Mr. Ripley.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A 1960 original of its more recent remake "The talented Mr. Ripley", with the great Alain Delon in the lead role. submitted by Tassos on April 26, 2022, 4:06pm This 62 year old movie is still very enjoyable to watch today. The brilliant colors help, most movies of the time were depressing B&W ones.

Both this and its much later remake have very similar plots, I guess they follow the novel on which they are based rather faithfully, a rate occurrence for any book-based movie.