Be Beautiful But Shut Up

For other uses, see Sois belle et tais-toi (disambiguation).

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.

Be Beautiful But Shut Up
Directed by	Marc Allégret
Written by	Marc Allégret William Benjamin adaptation Marc Allegret Gabriel Arout Odette Joyeux Jean Marsan Roger Vadim dialogue Jean Marsan
Produced by	Raymond Eger
Starring	Mylène Demongeot Henri Vidal
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Suzanne de Troeye
Music by	Jean Wiener
Distributed by	Les Films Corona
Release date	1958 (1958)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$14.3 million[1]

The film features Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo in early roles as members of a gang.^[2]

It was also known as Blonde for Danger.^[3]

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.^[4] This made it the 44th most popular film of the year.^[5]