Purple Noon: Directed by René Clément. With Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa. Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

In Rome, we see Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) and Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) at a cafe table together; Tom is writing postcards. They chat about Philippe's girlfriend Marge, who he is having trouble with.

Purple Noon tells the story of Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) who goes to Italy to see his friend Phillipe Greenleaft (Maurice Ronet) and his fianceé Marge Duval (Marie Laforêt). Phillipe's father wants him to come back to the US (San Francisco, specifically) and run the family business.

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Drawn from Patricia Highsmith's Ripley's Game, the film stars Dennis Hopper as Ripley, an amoral character first portrayed by Alain Delon in René Clément's Purple Noon. He shows up in Hamburg, Germany, to sell a painting by a supposedly dead artist,...

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Purple Noon: Directed by René Clément. With Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa. Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

Those are the words that Alain Delon revealed he would like us to remember when we think of him. Those are modest words from one of the most famous foreign actors of all time. This poll pays tribute to him.