| Be Beautiful and Shut Up | |
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| 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 |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $14.3 million[1] |
Be Beautiful and Shut Up (French: Sois belle et tais-toi) 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.[2]
It was also known as Blonde for Danger.[3]
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.
Filming took place from December 1957 to February 1958.
The film recorded admissions of 1,904,380 in France.[4] This made it the 44th most popular film of the year.[5]
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