Plein Soleil (1960)

Particia Highsmith's thrilling novel The Talented Mr Ripley is given its first screen outing in PLEIN SOLEIL. The smoldering Alain Delon plays Tom Ripley, who is employed by the wealthy Mr Greenleaf to travel to Europe to fetch his playboy son, Philippe. In the warm sun of the Mediterranean the two become firm friends, idling away the hours in luxury with Philippe’s fiancée Marge and his friend Freddie. But soon, Greenleaf Sr decides the mission was a failure, cutting Tom off from his inexhaustible supply of funds and forcing him to take drastic action to maintain his new-found lifestyle...