The Bride Wore Black

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The Bride Wore Black ★★★ La Mariee Etait en Noir 1968

Truffaut's homage to Hitchcock, complete with Bernard Herrmann score. Young bride Julie (Moreau) exacts brutal revenge on the five men who accidentally killed her husband on the steps of the church on their wedding day. Adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich. 107m/C VHS, DVD . FR Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Michael (Michel) Lonsdale, Charles Denner, Daniel Boulanger; D: Francois Truffaut; W: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard; C: Raoul Coutard; M: Bernard Herrmann.

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