On the French Riviera, the kidnapping of the son of a wealthy local woman sets a police investigation in motion. The culprits manage to evade the authorities for a while, and the case becomes a race against time that follows the trail of several men involved.

How it was made

Two Are Guilty is a French-Italian co-production directed by André Cayatte, with a screenplay written by Cayatte together with Charles Spaak and Henri Jeanson. The music is by Louis Guglielmi. The cast is led by American actor Anthony Perkins, alongside Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori and Pascale Audret, among others. The film runs 131 minutes and its original language is French.

Reception and legacy

A crime drama that blends police procedure with character portraits, it sits within Cayatte's filmography as an example of the European intrigue cinema of its era. The sources consulted offer no reliable details on its critical reception, awards or later influence.

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