Trap for the Assassin

Trap for the Assassin
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Produced by
Screenplay by Jean-Louis Bory
Based on Roger-la-Honte
by Jules Mary
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Jean Tournier[1]
Edited by
  • Michèle Boëhm
  • Riccardo Freda[1]
Production
companies
  • Comptoir Français du Film Production
  • Mancori[1]
Distributed by Regional (Italy)
Release date
  • 17 May 1966 (1966-05-17) (France)
  • 21 October 1966 (1966-10-21) (Italy)
Running time
 105 minutes[1]
Country
  • France
  • Italy[1]

Trap for the Assassin (French: Roger la Honte) is a 1966 film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Georges Géret, Irene Papas and Jean-Pierre Marielle. It is an adaptation of the 1886 novel Roger la Honte by Jules Mary.[2]

Cast

Production

Trap for the Assassin was based on Roger la Honte, one of the most popular feuilletons by Jules Mary.[3] The script for the film was adapted by Jean-Louis Bory, who was an admirer of Freda's work, having met him in 1962 in Paris.[3] Bory claimed that he wrote the adaptation and dialogue exclusive to function with Freda's direction.[4]

According to Freda and his assistant director Yves Boisset, Trapped for the Assassin was a project Freda really cared about.[3] Shooting for the film took four weeks and used three cameras at once.[5]

Release

Trap for the Assassin was released in France on 17 May 1966.[1] It was distributed theatrically in Italy by Regional as Trappola per l'assassino on 21 October 1966.[1] Italian film historian Roberto Curti stated that the film had poor distribution and was hardly noticed by critics or audiences.[6] It has been given an English title Trap for the Assassin despite that the film does not appear to have been released overseas.[6]

Reception

In France, Image et son's reviewer praised Freda's direction in the film "We would like that all...knew as much as Freda how to handle a camera (see the trail sequence) and its spectacular potential. That's what makes this cheap little film such a beautiful illusion and a definite pleasure"[7] Gilles Jacob praised the film, but noted that "let's face it, we would not go see [the film], were it signed by Cayatte or Maurice Cloche."[8]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Curti 2017, p. 323.
  2. ↑ Goble p.311
  3. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 221.
  4. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 224.
  5. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 222.
  6. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 225.
  7. ↑ Bretigny, Piere (September–October 1966). "Roger la Honte". Image et son (in French). No. 197/198. p. 166.
  8. ↑ Jacob, Gilles (July 1966). "Roger-la-Honte". Cinéma (in French). No. 108. p. 115.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476628386.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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