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.
It was also known as Blonde for Danger.
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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.