''Be Beautiful But Shut Up'' (french: Sois belle et tais-toi) is a French black-and-white crime comedy film made in 1958, directed by Marc Allégret. The film features Alain Delon and

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in early roles as members of a gang. It was also known as ''Blonde for Danger''.

Plot

The protagonist, played by Mylène Demongeot, is a teenage female orphan who after escaping from her detention center joins a gang of Parisian burglars, but then by coincidence meets a young police inspector (played by

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) with whom she falls in love, marries and starts a decent life. The story shows how her former acquaintances from the criminal milieu become suspects in a jewel robbery.

Cast

* Mylène Demongeot as Virginie Dumayet *

as Insp. Jean Morel *

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as Insp. Jérôme * Béatrice Altariba as Olga Babitcheff *

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as Charlemagne *

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

as Pierrot * Alain Delon as Loulou * Robert Dalban as Insp. Gotterat * François Darbon as Gino *

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as Grand-mère de Jean * René Lefèvre as Raphaël

Production

Filming took place from December 1957 to February 1958.

Reception

The film recorded admissions of 1,904,380 in France. This made it the 44th most popular film of the year.

References

External links

*
Be Beautiful But Shut Up
at BFI

at Le Film Guide French crime comedy films Films directed by Marc Allégret 1958 films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub