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1957 French film

Retour de manivelle
Theatrical release poster
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 Organisation
Release date	18 September 1957 (1957-09-18)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Retour de manivelle is a 1957 French crime drama film 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.

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).

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v t e Films directed by Denys de La Patellière
The Aristocrats (1955) The Wages of Sin (1956) The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957) Retour de manivelle (1957) The Possessors (1958) Rue des prairies (1959) Eyes of Love (1959) Taxi for Tobruk (1961) Emile's Boat (1962) Destination Rome (1963) Why Paris? (1964) Marco the Magnificent (1964) God's Thunder (1965) The Upper Hand (1966) Father's Trip (1966) Black Sun (1966) Darling Caroline (1968) Le tatoué (1968) Death of a Jew (1969) Killer (1972) Forbidden Priests (1973) Histoires de voyous: Le casse des rois mages (1978) Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979) Le paria (1985) Bonjour maître (1987) Paparoff se dédouble (1990) L'affaire Salengro (1992) Diamond Swords (1992)

Films directed by Denys de La Patellière

The Aristocrats (1955)
The Wages of Sin (1956)
The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
The Possessors (1958)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
Emile's Boat (1962)
Destination Rome (1963)
Why Paris? (1964)
Marco the Magnificent (1964)
God's Thunder (1965)
The Upper Hand (1966)
Father's Trip (1966)
Black Sun (1966)
Darling Caroline (1968)
Le tatoué (1968)
Death of a Jew (1969)
Killer (1972)
Forbidden Priests (1973)
Histoires de voyous: Le casse des rois mages (1978)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979)
Le paria (1985)
Bonjour maître (1987)
Paparoff se dédouble (1990)
L'affaire Salengro (1992)
Diamond Swords (1992)

v t e Films by Michel Audiard
Written and directed	Leontine (1968) A Golden Widow (1969) Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970) Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)
Written only	Mission in Tangier (1949) Beware of Blondes (1950) Darling Caroline (1951) Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951) My Wife Is Formidable (1951) The Man in My Life (1952) Massacre in Lace (1952) She and Me (1952) The Long Teeth (1953) The Most Wanted Man (1953) The Three Musketeers (1953) April Fools' Day (1954) The Cheerful Squadron (1954) Love in a Hot Climate (1954) Quay of Blondes (1954) Gas-Oil (1955) Blood to the Head (1956) Mannequins of Paris (1956) Short Head (1956) Fugitive in Saigon (1957) Retour de manivelle (1957) Speaking of Murder (1957) Three Days to Live (1957) Le désordre et la nuit (1958) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Les Misérables (1958) The Possessors (1958) Archimède le clochard (1959) Babette Goes to War (1959) Eyes of Love (1959) Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Rue des prairies (1959) Too Late to Love (1959) The Baron of the Locks (1960) Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) The Old Guard (1960) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) Famous Love Affairs (1961) The Lions Are Loose (1961) The President (1961) Taxi for Tobruk (1961) The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) Emile's Boat (1962) The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) A Monkey in Winter (1962) Any Number Can Win (1963) Carom Shots (1963) Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) The Trip to Biarritz (1963) La Chasse à l'homme (1964) The Great Spy Chase (1964) Greed in the Sun (1964) Salad by the Roots (1964) Une souris chez les hommes (1964) Les Bons Vivants (1965) Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965) Tender Scoundrel (1966) All Mad About Him (1967) An Idiot in Paris (1967) Johnny Banco (1967) A Little Virtuous (1968) Pasha (1968) Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) Incorrigible (1975) Body of My Enemy (1976) The Big Operator (1976) Animal (1977) Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) Cop or Hood (1979) Les Égouts du paradis (1979) Le Guignolo (1980) Jupiter's Thigh (1980) Il lupo e l'agnello (1980) Garde à Vue (1981) The Professional (1981) Espion, lève-toi (1982) Deadly Circuit (1983) Le Marginal (1983) Dog Day (1984) Les Morfalous (1984) La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985) He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Incorrigible (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Le Guignolo (1980)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
Garde à Vue (1981)
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
Dog Day (1984)
Les Morfalous (1984)
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

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