The Respectful Prostitute (film)

The Respectful Prostitute
Directed by	Marcello Pagliero Charles Brabant
Written by	Alexandre Astruc Jean-Paul Sartre
Produced by	Georges Agiman Charles Brabant
Starring	Barbara Laage Ivan Desny Marcel Herrand
Cinematography	Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Monique Kirsanoff
Music by	Georges Auric
Production companies	Artès Films Les Films Agiman
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release date	8 October 1952 (1952-10-08)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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

1. Bessy & Chirat p.192
2. "La P... Respectueuse de Marcello Pagliero, Charles Brabant (1952) - Unifrance".
3. 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