Ten Days' Wonder (film)

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Ten Days' Wonder
American poster of the film
La Décade prodigieuse
Directed byClaude Chabrol
Written byPaul Gégauff
Eugène Archer
Paul Gardner (writer)
Ellery Queen (novel)
Produced byAndré Génovès
StarringMichel Piccoli
Anthony Perkins
Orson Welles
Marlène Jobert
CinematographyJean Rabier
Edited byJacques Gaillard
Music byPierre Jansen
Distributed byParafrance Films
Release dates
  • December 1, 1971 (1971-12-01) (France)
  • April 1972 (1972-04) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5,323,830[1]

Ten Days' Wonder (French: La Décade prodigieuse) is a 1971 murder-mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Michel Piccoli, Anthony Perkins, Marlène Jobert and Orson Welles. It is based on the 1948 novel Ten Days' Wonder by Ellery Queen, with the detective renamed Paul Régis. It is the fourth film that Welles and Perkins appear in together after The Trial in 1962.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "La Décade prodigieuse (1971) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  2. ^ Canby, Vincent (1972-04-27). "Screen: Chabrol Misses:' Ten Days' Wonder' Has Orson Welles in Lead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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