The Other Side of Midnight (film)
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| Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
| Produced by |
Frank Yablans Howard W. Koch Hawk Koch |
| Screenplay by | Herman Raucher |
| Based on |
The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon |
| Starring |
Marie-France Pisier John Beck Susan Sarandon Michael Lerner |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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165 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $24,652,021 |
The Other Side of Midnight is a 1977 American drama film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, and Susan Sarandon. Herman Raucher wrote the screenplay based on Sidney Sheldon's 1973 novel of the same name.
In France just before the outbreak of World War II, young Noelle Page (Marie-France Pisier) falls in love with Larry Douglas (Beck), an American pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force stationed in France. The couple has a torrid love affair that ends abruptly when Larry receives orders to return to the United States. Larry promises to come back for Noelle and marry her. She later finds out that she is pregnant with his child. However, he never returns.
Vowing revenge after a harrowing abortion, Noelle begins using men for their money and power. She seduces her way into becoming a famous European actress, then arranges to be the mistress of one of the world's wealthiest men, Greek tycoon Constantin Demeris (Raf Vallone), whom she does not love.
During this time, Larry has met and married Catherine Alexander (Susan Sarandon), a sweet and trusting young woman from Chicago. Larry meets her in Hollywood, where she has gone to produce a film promoting military enlistment. Larry is now a United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot. He seduces the virginal Catherine with some of the same lines he used with Noelle.
After the war, Larry is employed by various civilian airlines. Noelle hires a detective to keep tabs on him, then sabotages any job Larry is able to find. Larry is in no position to refuse a job offer to come to Greece and be a private pilot, unaware that Noelle is who is hiring him.
Larry initially fails to recognize her. Noelle treats him rudely until Larry is not sure how much more he can take. When he is positive it is her, he bursts into Noelle's hotel suite, where they rekindle their romance. Larry claims he will keep his long-ago promise and stay with her, but when his wife refuses a request for a divorce, Larry and Noelle begin to plot Catherine’s murder.
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