The Black Tulip (1964 film)

The Black Tulip
Film poster for La Tulipe noire
Directed byChristian-Jaque[1]
Written byHenri Jeanson
Christian-Jaque
Based onthe novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, père
CinematographyHenri Decaë
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Music byGérard Calvi
Production
companies
Mediterranean Film Productions
Agata Films
Mizar Movies
Flora Film
Distributed byDicifrance
Release date
  • February 28, 1964 (1964-02-28) (France)
Running time
110 minutes[2]
CountriesFrance
Italy
Spain
LanguageFrench
Box office$15 million (est.)

The Black Tulip (French: La Tulipe noire) is a French-Italian-Spanish film which reused some names in the novel of the same title[3] by Alexandre Dumas but its story does not follow the novel. It is, essentially, a star vehicle for the popular French actor Alain Delon.

  1. ^ "La Tulipe noire". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. ^ Hassen, Kristie. "La Tulipe Noire". AllMovie. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas as e-book". Retrieved 2011-05-08.