Ronet, Maurice 1927-1983Overview
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Maurice Ronet
Most widely held works by
Maurice Ronet
Ascenseur pour l'echafaud
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6 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 588 libraries worldwide Julien is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. They plan to murder him and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up to the office to retrieve it, but fate intervenes, and Julien misses his rendezvous with Florence. She spends the night wandering the Parisian streets alone. Meanwhile brash teenager Louis and his girlfriend Veronique decide to "borrow" the car, which launches a disastrous stream of coincidence with sinister consequences.
Plein soleil
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7 editions published between 1990 and 2004 in French and held by 445 libraries worldwide Small-time conman Tom Ripley travels to Italy to convince wealthy playboy Philippe Greenleaf to return to America, on behalf of Greenleaf's father. Greenleaf refuses, leading Ripley to undertake extreme measures in order to get what he wants.
Le feu follet
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12 editions published between 1963 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 416 libraries worldwide Alain Leroy is a self-destructive writer who is enduring a treatment in a private hospital because of his alcoholism. The doctor only sees the surface problem and declares it time for Alain to leave the hospital. Alain resolves to commit suicide, but first he goes to Paris and tries to reconnect with some old friends.
La femme infidèle
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10 editions published between 1968 and 2006 in French and held by 260 libraries worldwide A man suspects his wife of infidelity. He hires a private detective to watch her, who confirms his worst fears.
La balance
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1 edition published in 2004 in French and held by 124 libraries worldwide When a police informant is gunned down, a determined vice cop must recruit a new stool pigeon--one that can finally take down the unassailable mob boss. The line between the cops and gangsters becomes blurred as Dédé, a charismatic pimp, is forced to 'rat out' his former boss and nemesis, the elusive Massina.
La ronde
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1 edition published in 2005 in French and held by 94 libraries worldwide A chain of love started between a young whore and a soldier ends with the same whore after having gone full circle through various characters.
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud Elevator to the gallows
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1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 68 libraries worldwide Love and fear produce death in this murder drama. The plot to murder his lover's husband backfires when Tavernier is charged with two other murders.
Carve her name with pride
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 61 libraries worldwide The inspiring true story of Violette Szabo, a young British widow of a French officer, who braved death while working for the French Resistance in World War II.
Fahrstuhl zum Schafott
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24 editions published between 1957 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 51 libraries worldwide Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide, but a mistake is made in the commission of the crime.
How sweet it is
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3 editions published between 1968 and 2009 in English and held by 46 libraries worldwide The Hendersons are sailing for Europe, and bound for a marital mix-up that has husband and wife entangled - and reconciled - in a bordello brouhaha.
Beau pere
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1 edition published in 1998 in French and held by 43 libraries worldwide After losing her mother in a car accident, a fourteen-year old girl had to choose whether to live with her father or stepfather. She has no desire to live with her father but has a strong sexual desire to live with her stepfather.
Brigitte Bardot. 5 film collection
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2 editions published in 2007 in French and held by 42 libraries worldwide Naughty girl: A sexy teenager moves in with the entertainer at her father's nightclub.
Beau pere Step-father
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1 edition published in 1998 in French and held by 38 libraries worldwide After losing her mother in a car accident, a fourteen-year old girl had to choose whether to live with her father or stepfather. She has no desire to live with her father but has a strong sexual desire to live with her stepfather.
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
by Louis Malle
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7 editions published between 1957 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 31 libraries worldwide "Un homme assassine son patron avec l'aide de sa femme dont il est l'amant. Voulant supprimer un dernier indice compromettant, il se retrouve bloqué dans l'ascenseur des lieux du crime...
Le métier de comédien : entretiens avec Hervé Le Boterf
by Maurice Ronet
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5 editions published between 1977 and 1978 in French and held by 29 libraries worldwide
La femme écarlate
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1 edition published in 2003 in French and held by 27 libraries worldwide
Les femmes Women
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2 editions published in 2000 in French and held by 26 libraries worldwide When a womanizing novelist suffers from writer's block, he hires Clara as his new secretary and erotic inspiration.
Who's got the black box? La route de corinthe
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4 editions published between 1967 and 2007 in German and French and held by 25 libraries worldwide After a NATO worker is mudered all eyes point to his widow as the killer. But she's innocent and will do anything to prove it and avenge her husband's death.
Le feu follet
by Louis Malle
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11 editions published between 1963 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 24 libraries worldwide Describes the last 48 hours in the life of a dissolute playboy headed towards suicide.
Plein soleil
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14 editions published between 1959 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 24 libraries worldwide A suspenseful thriller about a handsome, wealthy bachelor with a sexy girlfriend and all the finest things money can buy--and an envious friend who schemes to murder him and assume his identity. more
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Adultery Alcoholics Alcoholics--Rehabilitation Alienation (Social psychology) Calef, Noël,--1907-1968 Comedy films Crime Crime films Criminals Depressed persons Detective and mystery films Detective and mystery films Drama False personation Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Film noir Film noir Films--for the hearing impaired Foreign films France France--Paris Friendship Gangster films Gangsters Highsmith, Patricia,--1921-1995 Husband and wife Informers Italy Jealousy Juvenile delinquents Love Man-woman relationships Married people Mistaken identity Moral conditions Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Murder Murderers New wave films Police Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) Suicide Swindlers and swindling Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired
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French
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German (65) Spanish (40) English (31) Undetermined (20) Multiple languages (7) No Linguistic content (7) Italian (4) Polish (1) Covers
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