Male Companion

Male Companion (French: Un monsieur de compagnie) is a 1964 comedy film written and directed by Philippe de Broca, based on the 1961 novel Gentleman in Waiting by André Couteaux. The film stars Jean-Pierre Cassel.^[2]

Male Companion
French theatrical release poster
French	Un monsieur de compagnie
Directed by	Philippe de Broca
Screenplay by	Philippe de Broca
Dialogue by	Philippe de Broca Henri Lanoë
Based on	Gentleman in Waiting by André Couteaux
Produced by	Julien Derode
Starring	Jean-Pierre Cassel Irina Demick Catherine Deneuve Annie Girardot Valérie Lagrange Sandra Milo Adolfo Celi Dalio André Luguet Jean-Pierre Marielle Jean-Claude Brialy
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Françoise Javet
Music by	Georges Delerue
Production companies	PECF Les Films du Siècle Ultra Film
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	4 November 1964 (1964-11-04) (France) 11 November 1964 (1964-11-11) (Italy)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French
Box office	$3.9 million[1]

Plot

Antoine was raised into the easy life by his wealthy grandfather. Following the death of his grandfather, the money has gone and Antoine falls under the influence of various "easy" people.

Cast

• Jean-Pierre Cassel as Antoine Mirliflor
• Irina Demick as Nicole
• Catherine Deneuve as Isabelle
• Annie Girardot as Clara
• Valérie Lagrange as Louisette
• Sandra Milo as Maria
• Adolfo Celi as Benvenuto
• Dalio as Socratès
• André Luguet as the grandfather
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Balthazar
• Irène Chabrier [fr] as Ernestine
• Renée Passeur as the boss
• Rosy Varte as Isabelle's mother
• Sacha Briquet as the authorised representative
• Jacques Dynam as Isabelle's father
• Christian Lude [fr] as the notary
• Jean-Claude Brialy as the prince
• Mino Doro as Professor Gaetano (uncredited)
• Rosemary Dexter as a student (uncredited)
• Memmo Carotenuto as the policeman in Rome (uncredited)
• Giustino Durano as the baker (uncredited)
• Geneviève Fontanel as Socratès's friend (uncredited)

Reception

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1.4 million in rentals to break even and made $780,000, meaning it made a loss.^[3]