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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]

Trap for the Assassin
Directed by	Riccardo Freda
Screenplay by	Jean-Louis Bory
Based on	Roger-la-Honte by Jules Mary
Produced by	Robert de Nesle Alvaro Mancori[1]
Starring	Georges Géret Irene Papas Jean-Pierre Marielle Jean Topart
Cinematography	Jean Tournier[1]
Edited by	Michèle Boëhm Riccardo Freda[1]
Music by	Antoine Duhamel Georges et Jean-Luc[1]
Production companies	Comptoir Français du Film Production Mancori[1]
Distributed by	Regional (Italy)
Release dates	17 May 1966 (1966-05-17) (France) 21 October 1966 (1966-10-21) (Italy)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Countries	France Italy[1]

Cast

• Georges Géret as Roger Laroque
• Irene Papas as Julia de Noirville
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Lucien de Noirville
• Jean Topart as Luversan
• Sabine Sun as Victoire
• Gabriele Tinti as Raymond de Noirville
• Germaine Delbat as La mère Brun - la servante de Larouette

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 [fr]'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

• List of French films of 1966
• List of Italian films of 1966

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Trap for the Assassin at IMDb

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