Du rififi chez les femmes ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959.
Plot In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge; the other by Bug, who wants to reign over the lucrative nightlife business. Vicky and her gang, who are planning a bank raid, are going to see their plans confounded by Bug. In effect, he is being manipulated by a police officer who forces him to help break up a drug trafficking deal in return for keeping his residence in Belgium. Bug and Yoko will strongly compromise the bank raid, believing that it is linked to the drugs.
Book The film is based on the Auguste Le Breton novel, Du rififi chez les femmes, published in 1957 and reprinted in 2010.Éditions Plon web site: (accessed 11 February 2012)
Production Director: Alex Joffé Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage and Auguste Le Breton from his novel Du rififi chez les femmes (1957, Presses de la Cité) Dialogue: Auguste Le Breton Music: Louiguy Song: Rififi, words by Charles Aznavour and music by Louiguy, sung by Nadja Tiller Director of photography: Pierre Montazel Camera Operator: Alain Douarinou Sound: Joseph de Bretagne Editing: Léonide Azar Set Design: Rino Mondellini Costumes: Pierre Balmain Stills photographer: Walter Limot Country: France, Italy Filming: Language: French Interiors: Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) Exteriors: Brussels Producer: James-Jacques Mage Director of production: Jacques Plante Production companies: Les Productions de l'Étoile, Dismage, Transalpina, Technostampa Distribution company: Cinedis Aspect ratio: black and white — 35 mm — 1:37.1 — monaural Genre: Crime film Length: 110 min Release date: 20 May 1959
Cast Nadja Tiller : Vicky Robert Hossein : Marcel Point-Bleu Silvia Monfort : Yoko Roger Hanin : Bug Pierre Blanchar : "Le Pirate" Françoise Rosay : Berthe Jean Gaven : James Eddie Constantine : Williams Georges Rigaud : "Le Marquis" Daniel Emilfork : Luigi Wayne Van Voorhes : Chicago, the Sicilian André Cellier : the transporter Denise Clair : Prune Michel Galabru Lucien Raimbourg Maurice Garrel Carlo Campanini Tiberio Murgia René Alone Isaac Alvarez Léopoldo Francès Liliane de Kermadec Claude Piéplu Anne-Marie Coffinet André Berthomieu Yves Barsacq Don Ziegler
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