Portrait of a Murderer (1949)
Portrait d'un assassin
A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially deadly stunt after he attempted to kill her.
- Date of release
- 1949-11-25
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Bernard-Roland
Casting
- Maria Montez — Christina de Rinck
- Erich von Stroheim — Eric
- Arletty — Martha
- Pierre Brasseur — Fabius / Jean
- Marcel Dalio — Fred aka 'Bébé'
- Jules Berry — Pfeiffer
- Marcel Dieudonné — Prosper
- Les Fratellini — Self
- Eddy Debray — Announcer (uncredited)
- Édouard Francomme — Ring attendant (uncredited)
- Julien Maffre — Ring attendant (uncredited)
- Jean-Pierre Mocky — (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Portrait of an Assassin is a 1949 French drama thriller film directed by Bernard-Roland and starring Maria Montez, Erich von Stroheim, Arletty and Pierre Brasseur.
Production
The movie was financed by a French furrier. It was originally announced that the film would be called Portrait of a Murderer and would star Maria Montez and Orson Welles. "Could be the battlingest picture of the century", wrote Hedda Hopper.
Orson Welles and Charles Lederer were meant to do some work on the film. The producer Jacques Gauthier sued them for $1 million each for non performance.
Reportedly Montez and Arletty feuded during filming causing retakes to be required.
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