Naughty Girl
(1956)
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Naughty Girl
(1956)
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| Brigitte Bardot | ... |
Brigitte Latour
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Jean Bretonnière | ... |
Jean Clery
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Françoise Fabian | ... |
Lili Rocher-Villedieu
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| Mischa Auer | ... |
Igor (ballet master)
(as Misha Auer)
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Michel Serrault | ... |
2nd Inspector
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Jean Poiret | ... |
First Inspector
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Jean Lefebvre | ... |
Jérôme's pal
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Darry Cowl | ... |
Man with Suitcase
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Bernard Lancret | ... |
Paul Latour
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Marcel Charvey | ... |
Louis Dubrey
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Lucien Raimbourg | ... |
Older inspector Dupuis
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Robert Rollis | ... |
Gendarme
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Guy Henry | ... |
Tough guy
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Mario David | ... |
The Friesian
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Louis Viret |
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Nightclub entertainer Jean Clery has just become engaged to Lili, his attractive psychoanalyst. Meanwhile, the nightclub where he works is being used by a counterfeit ring, and Paris police suspect owner Paul Latour of being the ringleader. Finding it expedient to leave town, Paul leaves his "baby" daughter with Jean...who discovers too late that she's a wild, carefree, shapely sex-kitten with a talent for getting Jean into amusing scrapes. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
This film can probably be only fairly judged by a fluent French speaker. Subtitled films are more difficult to enjoy because the viewer's full attention isn't entirely with the on screen action. That aside, Bardot is of course the French Marilyn Monroe and she is comely and provocative to live up to that comparison. Her dance numbers while very good weren't anything more than what was done with all the Hollywood musicals of the forties and fifties. The plot is serviceable enough though that aspect of filmmaking is usually not the focus of a musical. Still, good entertainment, especially if you're a Bardot fan and/or can speak fluent French. 6/10.