| The Light Across the Street | |
| Director: | Georges Lacombe |
| Producer: | Jacques Gauthier (scenario original de) |
| Screenplay: | Jacques Gauthier |
| Starring: | Raymond Pellegrin Roger Pigaut Brigitte Bardot |
| Music: | Norbert Glanzberg |
| Cinematography: | Louis Page |
| Editing: | Raymond Leboursier |
| Color Process: | Black and white |
| Studio: | Les Productions Jacques Gauthier Les Films Fernand Rivers Compagnie Générale Cinématographique Général Productions |
| Distributor: | Les Films Fernand Rivers |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | 2,082,146 admissions (France)[1] |
The Light Across the Street (French: La Lumière d'en face) is a 1956 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Roger Pigaut and Brigitte Bardot. It was also distributed in the U.S. under the title Female and the Flesh.
Sensual young Brigitte Bardot and her infirm husband run a small trucker restaurant in this Clouzot- influenced melodrama, before you can say The Postman Always Rings Twice, Brigitte feels attracted to a mechanic from the garage opposite