The Respectful Prostitute (French: La Putain respectueuse) is a 1952 French crime drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny and Marcel Herrand.[1] [2] It is an adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's 1946 play The Respectful Prostitute.[3] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Colasson.
Cast
- Barbara Laage as Lizzie Mac-Kay, singer hostess
- Ivan Desny as Fred Clarke, the son of the senator
- Schetting as Sidney, the Negro
- Walter Bryant as Teddy Barnes, the nephew of the senator
- Marcel Herrand as the senator Edouard Clarke
- Yolande Laffon as Marie, the sister of the senator
- Marie Olivier as Annie, a companion of Lizzie
- André Valmy as Georges, the boss of the club
- Jacques Hilling as the drunkard of the night club
- Jean Danet as a client of the night club
- Byron et O'Thella as the stars of the club
- Grégoire Gromoff as a client of the night club
- Louis de Funès as a client of the night club
- Jack Ary as a lorry driver
- Luc Andrieux as the barman
- François Joux as the television journalist
- Nicolas Vogel as a client of the night club
- Robert Mercier as a man in the garage
- Jean Minisini as a man in the cabaret
- Gil Delamare as a man in the garage
References
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.192
- ^ "La P... Respectueuse de Marcello Pagliero, Charles Brabant (1952) - Unifrance".
- ^ The Respectful Prostitute at IMDb
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Respectful Prostitute at IMDb
- L’Amour n’est pas un péché (1952) at the Films de France
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