Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
- Awards
- 1 win
Marie Laforêt
- Marge Duval
- (as Marie Laforet)
Billy Kearns
- Freddy Miles
- (as Bill Kearns)
René Clément
- Le serveur maladroit
- (uncredited)
Walter Grant
- Bit
- (uncredited)
Paul Muller
- Blind Man
- (uncredited)
Jacqueline Parey
- Ingrid
- (uncredited)
Romy Schneider
- Freddy's companion
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlain Delon's then girlfriend Romy Schneider appears in the very first scene as a friend of Freddie Miles.
- GoofsOnlookers are clearly visible in the background in the fish market scene.
- Quotes
Philippe Greenleaf: That's why you took my bank statements?
Tom Ripley: Exactly.
Philippe Greenleaf: So you kill me and you're rich?
Tom Ripley: Don't miss a trick, do you?
Philippe Greenleaf: It seems awfully complicated. You'd be caught immediately.
Tom Ripley: No necessarily. I might not look it, but I've got lots of imagination.
- ConnectionsEdited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
Featured review
The Riveting Mr. Ripley
I saw Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and Clement's "Purple Noon" back to back. Two entirely different movies based on exactly the same book. The differences are personal of course. Minghella has a moralistic view of his characters and their darkness must be, somehow, explained if not justified. Clement's allows the amorality of his characters to run loose. Minghella casts Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, a rather invisible actor in every way and although he's pretty good here, he's not good enough to overshadow his rival: Jude Law. Clement casts Alain Delon as Ripley and you will be with him all the way, you'll go where he goes you will turn out to be as amoral as he is - at least I did, I just wanted him to get away with it and why? Because he was Alain Delon, the Tom Ripley that, clearly, Patricia Highsmith intended. His rival is Maurice Ronet, good as he is, I didn't miss him when he left. You know why? Because I was left with the dangerous, magnetic, amoral, riveting Alain Delon. Clement allows us to see the difficulty and danger of the murders, we see them, we are there. Minghella plays it rather hurriedly. There is no real tension or horror. The most suspenseful moment is at an Opera house. The pluses on "The Talented Mr Ripley" - besides the aforementioned Jude Law - are Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett in two beautifully written and performed parts. In "Purple Noon" Marie Laforet is left rather to her own devices. Once all said and done you can watch both films as if they weren't even related. I prefer "Purple Noon" but that's just me.
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- alainbenoix
- Mar 6, 2007
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- Also known as
- Lust for Evil
- Filming locations
- Ischia Ponte, Ischia Island, Naples, Campania, Italy(as Mongibello)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $107,205
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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