| The Bride Wore Black | |
|---|---|
 The original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | François Truffaut |
| Screenplay by | François Truffaut Jean-Louis Richard |
| Based on | La Mariée Était en Noir by William Irish |
| Produced by | Marcel Berbert Oscar Lewenstein |
| Starring | Jeanne Moreau Michel Bouquet Jean-Claude Brialy Claude Rich Charles Denner Michael Lonsdale Serge Rousseau |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Claudine Bouché |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
Production companies | Les Films du Carrosse Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $747.000[1] |
| Box office | $9.6 million[2] |
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. It stars Jeanne Moreau, Charles Denner, Alexandra Stewart, Michel Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Rich and Jean-Claude Brialy. Hitchcock admirer Truffaut used Bernard Herrmann to score the film. The costumes were by Pierre Cardin.
It is a revenge film in which a deranged widow murders the man who accidentally shot her husband on her wedding day, as well as his four friends. She wears only white, black or a combination of the two.
- ^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 282
- ^ Data for "La Mariée était en noir" jpbox-office.com, accessed 5 January 2019