Comedy ·Crime · France · 1958 · 1h 50m

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

Sois belle et tais-toi

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Director
Marc Allégret
Cast
Henri Vidal as l'inspecteur Jean Morel Mylène Demongeot as Virginie Dumayet Béatrice Altariba as Olga Babitcheff René Lefèvre as Monsieur Raphael Jean-Paul Belmondo as Pierrot, un jeune de la bande d'Olga Anne Collette as Prudence
Crew
Armand Thirard — Director of Photography Suzanne de Troeye — Editor Jean Wiener — Original Music Composer Marc Allégret — Writer Gabriel Arout — Writer Jean Marsan — Writer
Synopsis

A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.

Mood & Themes
police
Key Collaborators
Marc Allégret Director Armand Thirard Director of Photography Suzanne de Troeye Editor Jean Wiener Original Music Composer Marc Allégret Writer Gabriel Arout Writer Jean Marsan Writer Raymond Eger Producer Auguste Capelier Production Design Alexandre Trauner Production Design Marc Doelnitz Costume Design
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