Safety Catch

Safety Catch (1970)

Cran d'arrêt

A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed since the suicide of his partner. But in the dead woman's handbag, an undeveloped film is discovered by the doctor, who decides to investigate the young woman's alleged suicide.

Date of release
1970-01-14
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Director
Yves Boisset

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Lake Como

Cran d'arrêt is a 1970 film directed by Yves Boisset and starring Bruno Cremer. The film is based on the novel A Private Venus by Giorgio Scerbanenco.

Production

Cran d'arrêt is based on the novel A Private Venus by Giorgio Scerbanenco, the first novel in the Duca Lamberti series. It was sold on August 29, 1967 to Alberto Pugliese's Produzioni Cinematografiche Mediterranee. The rights reverted back to the publisher as no film was made within two years per their contract. It was then sold again to February 28, 1969 Francis Cosne's FranCos Films.

It is a French and Italian international co-production. It was produced by the Paris-based FrancCos Films and the Rome based San Marco Cinematografica. The latter company put up 30% of the budget that was estimated at about 1.7 million francs. It began shooting on July 24, 1969 and was shot on location in Milan and Lake Como with interior scenes being shot at Paris studios.

The film's director was Yves Boisset, whom the French producers chose after seeing his film Coplan sauve sa peau (1968). Boisset considered the film to do "in the meantime" as he was making plans for another film project with The Cop (1970). Boisset later said that the film was a "flawed film" and that it "seems obvious to me, but perhaps it's not as bad as I thought."

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