Retour de manivelle (English title: There's Always a Price Tag) is a 1957 French-language motion picture crime drama directed by Denys de La Patellière who co-wrote screenplay with Michel Audiard, based on the 1956 novel There's Always a Price Tag by James Hadley Chase. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin and Michèle Mercier.

Retour de manivelle
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Directed by	Denys de La Patellière
Screenplay by	Denys de La Patellière Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Based on	the novel There's Always a Price Tag by James Hadley Chase
Produced by	Jean-Paul Guibert Claude Hauser (assistant)
Starring	Michèle Morgan Daniel Gélin Michèle Mercier
Cinematography	Pierre Montazel
Edited by	Georges Alépée Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Maurice Thiriet
Production companies	Cinematografica Associati (CI.AS.) Intermondia Films
Distributed by	Rank
Release date	1957
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Italy / France
Language	French

Synopsis

Penniless painter Robert Mabillon rescues rich man Eric Freminger one evening, when he is trying to throw himself under the wheels of a car. After having gotten quite drunk, Mabillon proposes to renew his luxurious villa in Saint-Jean-Cap on the French Riviera. Nevertheless, Freminger convinces him to become his driver. The same night, Mabillon has witnessed a violent dispute between his host and his seductive wife, Helen. Some time later, he receives a visit by the latter, its intimate ordered to leave as soon as possible to their homes ...

Cast

• Michèle Morgan: Hélène Fréminger
• Daniel Gélin: Robert Montillon
• Michèle Mercier: Jeanne
• François Chaumette: Charles Babin
• Pierre Leproux: M. Bost, le créancier
• Jean Olivier: L' inspecteur-adjoint (as Jean Ollivier)
• Hélène Roussel: Une secrétaire
• Peter van Eyck: Eric Fréminger
• Bernard Blier: Le commissaire Plantavin

Production crew

• Director: Denys de La Patellière
• Writer: Denys de La Patellière after the work of James Hadley Chase
• Producer: Jean-Paul Guibert
• Director of photography: Pierre Montazels

Production companies are Cinematografica Associata (Italy) and Films Intermondia (France).

External links

• Retour de manivelle at Alice Cinema
• Retour de manivelle at IMDb
• Retour de manivelle at AllMovie

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[ru] Ответный удар (фильм, 1957)