Purple Noon
Directed by René Clément
1960
The only thing more mesmerizing than the film&amp;#39;s sun-splashed Mediterranean setting is its star, Alain Delon, one of France&amp;#39;s most cherished leading men. Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley, on which the film Purple Noon is based, loved the look of this 1960 adaptation (she died before the 1999 Matt Damon-Jude Law version came out) and thought Delon was the ideal embodiment of Ripley. It&amp;#39;s not hard to see why. In his rolled-up sleeves and khakis and in his summery suits and loafers without socks, Delon made life (and death) look easy.