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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. Directed by François Truffaut and starring Jeanne Moreau, it is a homage to Alfred Hitchcock and his style.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- François Truffaut
- 1968-06-25
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.
The Bride Wore Black is a 1940 American novel written by Cornell Woolrich, initially published under the pseudonym William Irish. [1] [2] Although it was Woolrich's seventh published novel, it was the first in the noir/pulp style for which he would become known, his previous novels having been Jazz Age fiction about the wealthy and privileged.
- Cornell Woolrich
- 1940
The Bride Wore Black. Cornell Woolrich. 3.88. 2,526 ratings348 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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The Bride Wore Black. Summaries. Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
The Bride Wore Black. 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 book,...
