Rider on the Rain (1970)
Le Passager de la pluie
Who will he terrorise... Who will he attack... Who will be his next victim ?
Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.
- Date of release
- 1970-01-21
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (106)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Crime
- Director
- René Clément
Casting
- Charles Bronson — Col. Harry Dobbs
- Marlène Jobert — Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau
- Gabriele Tinti — Tony Mau
- Jean Gaven — Inspector Toussaint
- Jean Piat — M. Armand
- Jill Ireland — Nicole
- Corinne Marchand — Tania
- Annie Cordy — Juliette
- Ellen Bahl — Madeleine Legauff
- Steve Eckardt — U.S. officer
- Marika Green — Hostess at Tania's
- Jean-Daniel Ehrmann
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