The Road to Shame

The Road to Shame
Directed byÉdouard Molinaro
Written byGilles Morris-Dumoulin
Albert Simonin
Based onDes femmes disparaissent by Gilles Morris-Dumoulin
Produced byLucien Masson
Georges Roitfeld
StarringRobert Hossein
Magali Noël
Estella Blain
CinematographyRobert Juillard
Edited byLaurence Méry-Clark
Music byArt Blakey
Production
companies
La Société des Films Sirius
Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
Distributed byCompagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date
  • 1 May 1959 (1959-05-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Road to Shame or Women Disappear (French: Des femmes disparaissent) is a 1959 French crime thriller film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Robert Hossein, Magali Noël and Estella Blain.[1] [2] It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Lévy.[3] It is noted for the jazz soundtrack by Art Blakey.

Cast

  • Robert Hossein as Pierre Rossi
  • Magali Noël as Coraline Merlin
  • Estella Blain as Béatrice
  • Philippe Clay as Tom
  • Jane Marken as Mme. Cassini
  • Robert Lombard as Merlin
  • François Darbon as Camille
  • Pierre Collet as Nasol
  • Jean Juillard as Pasquier
  • William Sabatier as Carel
  • Yvon Sarray as Delacour
  • Olivier Mathot as Lambert
  • Jean Degrave as Félicien
  • Alain Nobis as Le commissaire de police
  • Anita Treyens as Brigitte
  • Monique Vita as Nina
  • Claudie Laurence as Jacqueline
  • Dominique Boschero as Thérèse
  • Liliane Dreyfus as Madeleine
  • Jacques Dacqmine as Victor Quaglio
  • Marcel Bernier as L'inspecteur Thomas

References

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.