| Male Companion | |||||||||
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| Director: | Philippe de Broca | ||||||||
| Screenplay: | Philippe de Broca
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| Producer: | Julien Derode | ||||||||
| Cinematography: | Raoul Coutard | ||||||||
| Editing: | Françoise Javet | ||||||||
| Music: | Georges Delerue | ||||||||
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 105 minutes | ||||||||
| Language: | French | ||||||||
| Gross: | $3.9 million[1] | ||||||||
Male Companion (French: Un monsieur de compagnie) is a 1964 comedy film written and directed by Philippe de Broca, based on the 1961 novel Gentleman in Waiting by André Couteaux. The film stars Jean-Pierre Cassel.[2]
Antoine was raised into the easy life by his wealthy grandfather. Following the death of his grandfather, the money has gone and Antoine falls under the influence of various "easy" people.
According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1.4 million in rentals to break even and made $780,000, meaning it made a loss.[3]