The Girl in the Bikini (1952) Manina, la fille sans voiles (original title)

Director:

Willy Rozier

Writers:

Willy Rozier
Xavier Vallier

Release Date:

24 October 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

A Revealing Episode on a Lonely Island!

Plot:

When a 25-year old Parisian student, Gérard Morere, hears a lecture about a treasure Troilus lost at sea after the Peloponnesian War...

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Corsica | Female In Swimsuit | Love | Double Cross

Cast

Brigitte Bardot	...	Manina
Jean-François Calvé	...	Gérard Morère
Howard Vernon	...	Éric
Espanita Cortez	...	La Franchucha
Raymond Cordy	...	Francis - le barman
Paulette Andrieux		(as Paulette Andrieu)
Henry Djanik		(as H. Djanik)
Jean Droze	...	Un copain de Gérard (as Droze)
Nadine Tallier	...	Mathilda (as N. Tallier)
Bénard
Robert Arnoux	...	M. Moulon / Purzel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irène Hilda

Directed by
Willy Rozier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Willy Rozier
Xavier Vallier

Produced by
Willy Rozier	....	producer

Original Music by
Marcel Bianchi
Jean Yatove

Cinematography by
Michel Rocca

Film Editing by
Suzanne Baron

Production Management
René Jaspard	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Pascal	....	assistant director

Sound Department
André Le Baut	....	sound

Production Companies

• Sport-Films

Distributors

• Synkronized (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Atlantis Films (II) (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Cocinor (1952) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

"Manina, la fille sans voiles" - France (original title)

Runtime:

86 min | Germany:85 min | USA:76 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | UK:U | West Germany:18 | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Sport-Films

Trivia:

Brigitte Bardot's film debut.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

If it wasn't for a very young Brigitte Bardot, I doubt if this one would have ever made it to DVD.

Note: The DVD has significant sound issues at about the 25 minute marks--sounding almost like someone crunching potato chips next to a microphone! Why this occurred and why it was allowed to remain like this on the DVD is a puzzler.

The story involves a college student following a possible treasure. It seems that years earlier he'd actually gotten a clue as to the treasure but only connected the clue to treasure recently. Once at the island where the treasure might lie, the young man finds the important treasure--sexy Brigitte!

If Brigitte Bardot had not been in this film, I doubt if it would have ever made it to DVD. It's not it's a bad film--it just isn't all that good a film. Plus, it is a bit dull up until the very good ending. However, a young Bardot DOES star in the film and, as the title character, she runs around in a bikini--and is quite stunning. But she really is NOT the star of the film--just a gorgeous woman showing off her beautiful figure. But, this is the only reason anyone would want to see this listless tale...just d to ogle Bardot and to see her in one of her earliest roles. As for me, however, the beautiful Bardot was a tad unsettling...as I have two daughters the same age she was in the film! Yikes!