Be Beautiful and Shut Up
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55% Critic Match

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

5.5 / 10 1958 1h 50mNR French
ComedyCrime

Storyline

A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.

Cast & Crew

Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

l'inspecteur Jean Morel

Lead
Mylène Demongeot

Mylène Demongeot

Virginie Dumayet

Béatrice Altariba

Béatrice Altariba

Olga Babitcheff

René Lefèvre

René Lefèvre

Monsieur Raphael

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Pierrot, un jeune de la bande d'Olga

Anne Collette

Anne Collette

Prudence

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

l'inspecteur principal Gotterat

François Darbon

François Darbon

Gino, le bras droit de Charlemagne

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marc Allégret's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Be Beautiful and Shut Up is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker