Purple Noon (Plein soleil) (1960)

71 Pictures

7.8	Rating (113 ratings)
7.7	IMDB rating

Add to favorites

Edit page

Buy at Amazon

Directed by

René Clément

Starring (View all)

Alain Delon
Tom Ripley

Marie Laforêt
Marge Duval

Maurice Ronet
Philippe Greenleaf

Erno Crisa
Inspector Ricordi

Frank Latimore
O'Brien

Billy Kearns
Freddy Miles

Ave Ninchi
Signora Gianna

Nerio Bernardi
Agency Director

Written by

Patricia Highsmith

René Clément

Lists

165 votes

Listal's Esoteric Films (535 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 10 years, 4 months ago

16 comments

133 votes

6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World... (6013 items)
list by ToonHead2102

Published 12 years, 11 months ago

14 comments

123 votes

My Brilliant and Witty 2013 Movie Diary (203 items)
list by Severin Severin

Published 11 years, 4 months ago

40 comments

67 votes

Here they are...100+ best characters in cinema (90 items)
list by propelas

Published 13 years, 5 months ago

20 comments

64 votes

Watched in...2016 (866 items)
list by denis24

Published 8 years, 4 months ago

8 comments

View all Purple Noon lists

Purple Noon Videos

Alain?Delon ?PLEIN SOLEIL?

106 Views

Added 16 years ago

View all Purple Noon videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

5 votes

3 votes

2 votes

1 vote

View all Purple Noon pictures (68 more)

Plot synopsis: Young Tom Ripley (Delon) is sent to Italy to convince reckless playboy Philippe Greenleaf (Ronet) to return back home to his rich family. Instead, the pair become friends and spend their days idling on the beach and partying at nightclubs. Tom, who is poor, soon gets used to this wealthy lifestyle. After Philippe gets bored with Tom and tries to brush him off, Tom devises a plan to get rid of Philippe and steal his life.

UPC: 786936166705

Tags: France (7), Drama (4), Italy (4), Fish (3), Impostor (3), 1960 (3), Hotel (3), Fraud (3), Crime (3), Guitar (2), Young Man (2), Blind Man (2), Plan (2), 1959 (2), Boat (2), Pocket Watch (2), Excuse (2), 1960s (2), Murder (2), 09 (2)

My tags:

Add tags

Update feed

Leviathan added this to a list 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Favorite Movies (879 movies items)

Leviathan added this to a list 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Favorite Movies (879 movies items)

Leviathan added this to a list 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Favorite Movies (879 movies items)

diabolical dr voodoo added this to a list 8 months, 1 week ago

Acervo Versátil Home Video (2004 movies items)

milica added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago

My Movie Year 2023 (528 movies items)

milica posted a image 1 year, 1 month ago

milica added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago

My Favorite Movies of the 60s (172 movies items)

Naca added this to a list 1 year, 9 months ago

mediterranean summer (27 movies items)

Georgini voted for an image 2 years ago

nathan added this to a list 2 years, 1 month ago

Movies of 1960 (24 movies items)

nathan added this to a list 2 years, 1 month ago

Movies seen at the cinema (1537 movies items)

c1n4m0ng1rl added this to a list 2 years, 2 months ago

(re)watched in 2022 (168 movies items)

SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 3 months ago

c1n4m0ng1rl added this to a list 2 years, 3 months ago

(re)watched in 2022 (168 movies items)

c1n4m0ng1rl added this to a list 2 years, 4 months ago

Rewatching in 2022 (37 movies items)

CD Smiles voted for an image 3 years, 2 months ago

Polsko posted 10 images [View All] 3 years, 3 months ago

Haribo added this to a list 3 years, 3 months ago

...One Thousand and One Movie (801 movies items)

crazymetalhead added this to a list 4 years, 1 month ago

10,001 MOVIES YOU NEED TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE (2379 movies items)

Kandi added this to a list 4 years, 9 months ago

Nino Rota - My Soundtrack Collection (9 music items)

Wetzneer added this to a list 5 years, 4 months ago

Watched In 2018 (239 movies items)

PulpRoman posted 15 images [View All] 5 years, 9 months ago

Cleo added this to a list 5 years, 10 months ago

Beautiful film looks (109 movies items)

aLittleTyger voted for an image 5 years, 11 months ago

YAHEMMI added this to a list 6 years, 1 month ago

My DVD COLLECTION (7267 dvds items)

PulpRoman voted for 3 images 6 years, 1 month ago

PulpRoman added this to a list 6 years, 1 month ago

Watched in 2018 (383 movies items)

"18.3.18 Beautifully shot with beautiful people, what's not to love. The first half is exciting as the plot develops but when the schemes have been had and the deed has been done, the second half of the film drags along and you're just waiting for the inevitable to happen or does it? "

aLittleTyger voted for an image 6 years, 11 months ago

JxSxPx added this to a list 7 years, 6 months ago

PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2010 (50 movies items)

"FROM PAGE TO SCREEN Alain Delon Author Patricia Highsmith said that Delon was closest to what she had in mind for one of her most enigmatic creations, Tom Ripley. Matt Damon (who made the first 100 Essential Male Performances list) was a nerdy mega-creep in Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), while Dennis Hopper’s Ripley in Wim Wenders’ 1977 twist, The American Friend, was more of a phantom haunting Bruno Ganz’s protagonist. In Clement’s vivid, luscious vision of Highsm"