Be Beautiful and Shut Up () is a French black-and-white crime comedy film made in 1958, directed by Marc Allégret.
The film features Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo in early roles as members of a gang.Top Sex Symbols of French Films Feud at Drop of Hat Kramer, Carol. Chicago Tribune 16 Aug 1970: f1.
It was also known as Blonde for Danger.BLONDE FOR DANGER "(Sois belle et tais-toi)" Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 26, Iss. 300, (Jan 1, 1959): 9.
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 Henri Vidal) 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 Henri Vidal as Insp. Jean Morel Darry Cowl as Insp. Jérôme Béatrice Altariba as Olga Babitcheff Roger Hanin as Charlemagne Jean-Paul Belmondo as Pierrot Alain Delon as Loulou Robert Dalban as Insp. Gotterat François Darbon as Gino Gabrielle Fontan 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