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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun is a 1970 psychological thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak starring Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed and John McEnery. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot. This was Litvak's final film. The film was remade in 2015.
Plot
Just before the Bastille Day holiday weekend, English secretary Danielle "Dany" Lang types up a document for her advertising agency boss, Michael Caldwell, to take on a business trip to Geneva. On the way to drop off her boss and his wife, Anita, her former roommate, at the airport, her boss gives her an envelope with her pay in it.
Cast
- André Oumansky
- Bernard Fresson
- Claude Vernier
- Edmond Ardisson
- Georges Lycan
- Gilberte Géniat
- Henri Czarniak
- Jacqueline Porel
- Jacques Fabbri
- Jacques Legras
- Jacques Portet
- John McEnery
- Marcel Bozzuffi
- Maria Meriko
- Martine Kelly
- Monique Mélinand
- Oliver Reed
- Paule Noëlle
- Philippe Mareuil
- Philippe Nicaud
- Pierre Mirat
- Raoul Delfosse
- Roger Lumont
- Samantha Eggar
- Stéphane Audran
- Yves Pignot
More details
| author | Anatole Litvak Sébastien Japrisot |
|---|---|
| director | Anatole Litvak |
| editor | Peter Thornton |
| genre | thriller |
| keywords | advertising agency attack avignon bastille day business trip dead man french riviera geneva injured marseille murder petrol station planted evidence riviera set up wait |
| musicBy | Michel Legrand |
| producer | Raymond Danon |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | psychological thriller |