She scooped the boys and took down a trafficking ring. 1950s Paris had NO idea what hit it.
A female journalist beats two male rivals to a scoop by exposing a white slave racket going on right in 50s Paris.
Acting
Françoise Arnoul's determined journalist energy carries every scene.
Production
Gritty Paris locations that feel authentically lived-in, not studio fake.
Director
Georges Lacombe
Françoise Arnoul
Françoise, la jeune journaliste
Renée Faure
Maria Ploit, une organisatrice du trafic de femmes
Georges Rivière
Raymond, l'associé de Maria
Jean-Claude Michel
Pierre Magnier, le journaliste
Colette Mars
Mado, la patronne et chanteuse de la boîte de nuit
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
Judith Magre
Dora, une entraîneuse de la boîte
Robert Dalban
René, le trafiquant assassiné
Georges Aminel
José, le chanteur de l'orchestre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jean-Claude Brialy, barely 20 here, became a New Wave icon within two years—this early corpse role is basically cinematic archaeology.
1958 France was wrestling with its colonial conscience; films about hidden trafficking networks hit different when you know what wasn't being said on screen.
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