

Purple Noon
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- sailboat
- plan
- dual identity
- based on novel or book
- police
- poker
- sailing
- millionaire
- french noir
- forger
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1331 Aug 1961
- TheatricalRe-release28 Jun 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1 Jun 1961
- TheatricalPGRe-release30 Aug 2013
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG31 Aug 1961
- TheatricalPGRe-release23 Feb 2020
CanadaCA
- PhysicalDVD2 Sept 2003
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical16 Aug 1961
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-166 Jun 1963
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP10 Mar 1960
- TheatricalRe-release19 Jul 1989
- TheatricalRe-release22 Mar 2000
- PhysicalDVD25 Oct 2000
- Digital / OTTVOD1 Jan 2013
- TheatricalRe-release10 Jul 2013
- PhysicalBlu-Ray11 Jul 2013
- Digital / OTT12Netflix1 May 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany 15 Sept 1960
GreeceGR
- TheatricalRe-release31 Jul 2008
Hong KongHK
- PremiereLe French May Film Festival of Hong Kong7 May 2005
ItalyIT
- Theatrical2 Sept 1960
- TheatricalRe-release19 May 1972
JapanJP
- TheatricalG11 Jun 1960
- TheatricalRe-release13 Aug 1977
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Purple Noon was released on 10 March 1960.
Audience reviews
2- G9/10
griggs79
6/25/2025
Clément keeps the surface dazzling while menace hums below. Decaë shoots blue seas, razor-crease suits and airy interiors so crisp you miss the knife. Delon’s Ripley moves with feline poise; Ronet’s louche playboy spots the teeth too late. A few slack spells stop it from greatness, yet beside the glossy remakes this stays cooler, leaner and more unsettling. If Ripley ever needed a passport mugshot, this would be it.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/13/2026
School friend “Tom” (Alain Delon) has been despatched from the USA to Italy to fetch back the profligate son of a multi-millionaire. “Philip” (Maurice Ronet), however, is perfectly happy swanning around with his girlfriend “Marge” (Marie Laforêt) and so has little intention of returning to San Francisco with his "friend" whom he quite clearly doesn’t really remember. For the moment, “Tom” is quite happy playing the k…
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