Rent Rider on the Rain (1969)
3.4 of 5 from 68 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
- In a sleepy seaside resort of the South of France, Mellie, a beautiful young woman (Marlene Jobert) is stalked and then raped by a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea. When the body is recovered, American military officer Dobbs (Charles Bronson) Dozen, Death Wish) accuses Mellie of the murder - and of stealing the U.S. Army money that the rapist had been carrying with him...
- Actors:
- Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marlène Jobert, Gabriele Tinti, Jean Gaven, Jean Piat, Corinne Marchand, Annie Cordy, Ellen Bahl, Steve Eckardt, Jean-Daniel Ehrmann, Marika Green, Yves Massard, Marc Mazza, Marcel Pérès
- Directors:
- René Clément
- Writers:
- Sébastien Japrisot, Lorenzo Ventavoli
- Aka:
- Le Passager De La Pluie
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality, Heist Movies: Masterminds and Mavericks
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (2) of Rider on the Rain
Come Down for a Great Director - Rider on the Rain review by RN
Hitchcock imitators often forget that the great man's pictures had quite simple plots, not the messy & repetitive narrative we find here. An escaped rapist chances upon & rapes a young French married woman living in a down-at-heel Riviera resort with a jealous husband and a neglectful but likeable mother. She shoots him & disposes of his body. This is the premise for a convoluted, over-long & eventually silly thriller, partly relieved by a bright performance from victim Marlene Jobert. And why would a colonel in military intelligence, or whatever Bronson is supposed to be, find himself pursuing an escaped rapist. Bronson bullies Jobert & "acts" by his usual squinting, to the point where it's a wonder he can see at all. A great commercial hit & liked by most critics; but as one critic said a great come down for director Rene Clement, who made Jeux Interdits, Gervaise and Purple Noon, Alain Delon's first major film. If you want to see a good thriller watch that, which by the way is a much better adaption of P. Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley than the 1999 version with Matt Damon..
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French Hitchcokian Film. - Rider on the Rain review by NO
Surely it should be IN the Rain?Good start-intriguing but too many subplots at the end.Bronson infuriating with his smile-I prefer him more serious but quite enjoyable.
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