| The Wages of Sin | |
| Director: | Denys de La Patellière |
| Producer: | Roger Ribadeau-Dumas Roger Richebé |
| Based On: | Emily Will Know by Nancy Rutledge |
| Starring: | Danielle Darrieux Jean-Claude Pascal Jeanne Moreau |
| Music: | Maurice Leroux |
| Cinematography: | Henri Alekan |
| Editing: | Monique Isnardon Robert Isnardon |
| Studio: | Films Roger Richebé Société Française de Cinématographie |
| Distributor: | Films Roger Richebé |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
The Wages of Sin (French: Le salaire du péché) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal and Jeanne Moreau. A film noir, it was adapted from the 1949 novel Emily Will Know by the American crime writer Nancy Rutledge[1] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié.
In La Rochelle Jean, an ambitious journalist, marries Isabelle the daughter of a wealthy shipowner but finds her cut out any inheritance. Later when he has discovered that she has been secretly added back into her father's will, he dreams about killing him and scares the old man into a heart attack. The only witness to the crime is the shipowner's nurse Angele who he seduces and now becomes his lover and accomplice, plotting to kill Isabelle so that they can claim the inheritance.