| Be Beautiful But Shut Up | |
| Producer: | Raymond Eger |
| Director: | Marc Allégret |
| Starring: | Mylène Demongeot Henri Vidal |
| Music: | Jean Wiener |
| Cinematography: | Armand Thirard |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | $14.3 million[1] |
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.
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]