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The Bride Wore Black (French: La Mariée était en noir; literally, "The Bride was in black") is a 1968 French drama thriller film directed by François Truffaut and based on the novel of the same name by William Irish, a pseudonym for Cornell Woolrich.
A widow seeks revenge on the five men who killed her husband in this adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich novel. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1968 crime drama mystery.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- François Truffaut
Wanger, a police detective, has been following her crimes. Fascinated by the different method each time, her constantly changing appearance, and how she refuses to allow any innocent parties (especially women) take the blame for her crimes, he is determined to catch her.
- Cornell Woolrich
- 1940
The Bride Wore Black. Cornell Woolrich. 3.88. 2,569 ratings357 reviews. AMERICA'S MASTER OF SUSPENSE...FIRST IN THE DEFINITIVE SERIES OF THIS AMERICAN GENIUS. No one knew who she was, where she came from, or why she had entered their lives.
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- Paperback
The Bride Wore Black. List. After newly widowed Julie Kohler's (Jeanne Moreau) mother stops her from commiting suicide, she hatches a different plan to deal with her grief. In a small black...
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- Jeanne Moreau
- François Truffaut
- Mystery & Thriller
Roger Ebert praises Francois Truffaut's film as a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, but also as a personal and original work. He admires Jeanne Moreau's performance and the unexpected ending of the thriller romance.
After a botched attempt to put an end to her miserable existence, the emotionally scarred and irreparably destroyed widow, Julie Kohler, summons up the strength to pack up her things and leave her mother and town behind.
