Purple Noon (; ; also known as Full Sun, Blazing Sun, Lust for Evil, and Talented Mr. Ripley) is a 1960 crime thriller film starring Alain Delon in his first major film, along with Maurice Ronet (as Philippe Greenleaf) and Marie Laforêt (as Marge). Directed by René Clément, the French/Italian international co-production is loosely based on the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian and English. Billy Kearns (an expatriate American actor well-liked in France) plays Greenleaf's friend Freddy Miles, and Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles' companion. Highsmith's source novel was adapted again in 1999 under the original title, The Talented Mr. Ripley. Plot Handsome young American Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) has been sent to Italy by the father of wealthy playboy Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) to persuade him to return to San Francisco and take over the family business. Philippe has no intention of doing so, and the impoverished Tom falls into sharing in his escapades. Tom becomes fixated on Philippe and his fiance, Marge (Marie Laforêt), and covets the other man's life of luxury. Philippe eventually grows bored with Ripley's fawning and becomes cruel and abusive to him. The final straw for Tom is reached during a yachting trip when Philippe strands him in the dinghy and accidentally leaves him to lie adrift in the sun for hours. Back on board, Tom hatches a plan to kill Philippe and steal his identity. First, he leaves evidence of Philippe's philandering for an outraged Marge to find. Finding that Tom has pilfered his banking records, Philippe seeks to draw him out. After Marge goes ashore following a blow-up with Philippe, he confronts Tom, who admits his plan quite casually. Suddenly frightened, Philippe offers Tom a substantial sum to leave he and Marge alone, but Tom rebuffs it, saying he is interested in far more. He stabs Philippe, weights his body with an anchor, wraps it in canvas, and casts it loose. Upon returning ashore alone, Tom informs Marge that Philippe has decided to stay behind. He then returns to Rome, forges his picture onto Philippe’s passport, masters his signature, and successfully absorbs the man’s wealth, identity, and lifestyle. When Philippe's friend, Freddie Miles (Billy Kearns), tracks down "Philippe's" hideaway he encounters only Tom. He begins to suspect the truth and Tom murders