''Icy Breasts'' (french: Les seins de glace, it, Esecutore oltre la legge, also known as ''Someone Is Bleeding'') is a 1974 French-Italian

psychological thriller Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and co ...

film written and directed by

Georges Lautner Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less ...

and starring

Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for h ...

. It is based on

Richard Matheson Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science ficti ...

's 1953 novel ''Someone Is Bleeding''.

Plot

A French widow Peggy, played by Mireille Darc, meets a writer François Rollin, played by Claude Brasseur. After they meet, François Rollin tries to get romantically involved with Peggy. Peggy turns François down and eventually he stalks her to where she is shopping. François gets into Peggy's car while she was shopping. Peggy finds him in her car asks him to leave but he refuses. Peggy drops him off a few miles down the road. She ends up writing her number on her window. François gets on his motorcycle and shows up at her house. Peggy tells François about being divorced from her husband. When François leaves her home, he is followed by someone. He is asked to speak to Peggy's divorce lawyer, Marc Rilson (Delon). François finds out that Peggy killed her husband and was acquitted for the murder when her lawyer pleaded temporary insanity. Peggy becomes paranoid and kills her bodyguard. Then she ends up staying overnight with François. The following day she returns home to get her belongings. The police were there to ask her questions and took her in for questioning for the murder. She was told not to leave the city without giving notice. They leave to the Turini mountains, followed by Marc. Peggy is in fact mentally ill and on a stop in a hotel room, tries to kill François with a straight razor. Marc arrives and takes her with him. Later, they admire the mountain view and Marc shoots her.

Cast

as Marc Rilson *

Mireille Darc Mireille Darc (; 15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017) was a French model and actress. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film '' Weekend''. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National Order of Me ...

as Peggy *

Claude Brasseur Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ern ...

as François Rollin *

André Falcon André Falcon (28 November 1924 – 22 July 2009) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2008. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcon, Andre 1924 births 2009 deaths ...

as Commissioner Garnier *

Nicoletta Machiavelli Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli. Life and career The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Mach ...

as Mrs. Rilson * Emilio Messina as Steig * Fiore Altoviti as Denis Wilson * Michel Peyrelon as Albert *

Philippe Castelli Philippe Castelli (8 June 1926 – 16 April 2006) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1960 and 1992. Selected filmography * ''Les Bonnes Femmes'' (1960) - Le régisseur * '' Wise Guys'' (1961) - Le portier au vernissa ...

as The Man in the Underground Parking

Reception

The film received good reviews and was a hit, grossing $250,000 in its first week in Paris. It had 1,462,693 admissions in France. It played at the second Seattle International Film Festival in 1977.Seattle Internation Film Festival, Program Guide, Seattle, 1977

References

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* * 1974 films Films based on American novels Films based on crime novels Films based on works by Richard Matheson Films directed by Georges Lautner French psychological thriller films 1970s French-language films Films set on the French Riviera Films scored by Philippe Sarde 1970s French films Italian psychological thriller films 1970s Italian films 1970s psychological thriller films French-language Italian films {{1970s-France-film-stub