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The Girl on a Motorcycle Directed by Jack Cardiff Produced by William Sassoon Written by André Pieyre de Mandiargues (novel)
Ronald Duncan
Jack Cardiff
Gillian FreemanStarring Alain Delon
Marianne FaithfullCinematography Jack Cardiff Editing by Peter Musgrave Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date(s) October, 1968 Running time 91 minutes Country United Kingdom
FranceLanguage English The Girl on a Motorcycle (French: La motocyclette), also known as Naked Under Leather, is a 1968 British-French film starring Alain Delon, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Mutton, Marius Goring, and Catherine Jourdan. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[1] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The Girl on a Motorcycle redefined the leather jacket for motorcyclists into a full body suit that Marianne Faithfull wore in the film.[2]
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Plot
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike—symbol of freedom and escape—to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men. Before finally crashing into a truck at the film's conclusion.
Based on the short story "La Motocyclette" by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, or the English title "The Motorcycle". In the medium to distant shots, the rider was the British GP champion Bill Ivy, wearing a blonde wig.
Cast
- Alain Delon - Daniel
- Marianne Faithfull - Rebecca
- Roger Mutton - Raymond
- Marius Goring - Rebecca's Father
- Catherine Jourdan - Catherine
- Jean Leduc - Jean
- Jacques Marin - Pump Attendant
- André Maranne - French Superintendent
- Bari Jonson - First French Customs Officer
- Arnold Diamond - Second French Customs Officer
- John G. Heller - German Customs Officer
- Marika Rivera - German Waitress
- Richard Blake - 1st Student
- Chris Williams - 2nd Student
- Colin West - 3rd Student
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Girl on a Motorcycle". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2684/year/1968.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Quilleriet, Anne-Laure. The Leather Book. New York: Assouline, 2004.
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