La Corde raide
1960 Comedy / Drama   
Director: Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Starring: Annie Girardot, François Périer, Gérard Buhr, Georges Descrières, Geneviève Brunet


 
Summary
Bored with her marriage to businessman Daniel Marechal, Cora falls for the charms of Henri, the owner of a garage that sells second hand cars.  She is impatient to live with Henri and plans to kill her husband.  Even though she knows that Daniel suspects her of being unfaithful, Cora slips up by calling Henri.  She is unaware that her husband is eavesdropping on another phone.  In an attempt to discover the identity of his wife’s lover, Daniel sets up an automatic recording system to tape all of her phone conversations.  One day, while listening to these tapes Daniel recognises the voice of his business associate, who happens to be Henri’s brother...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

Credits
  • Director: Jean-Charles Dudrumet
  • Script: Jean-Charles Dudrumet, Roland Laudenbach, Michel Lebrun (novel)
  • Photo: Pierre Guéguen
  • Music: Maurice Jarre
  • Cast: Annie Girardot (Cora), François Périer (Daniel), Gérard Buhr (Henri), Georges Descrières (Simon), Geneviève Brunet (Isabelle), Hubert Deschamps (Carconi), Henri Crémieux (Doctor), Doudou Babet (Le veilleur de nuit), Paul Bisciglia (Le mécano), Erika Dentzler (Solange), Roger Saget (Edouard), Piella Sorano (Maria)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 79 min; B&W
  • Aka: Lovers on a Tightrope
 

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