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Love Is My Profession

Original title: En cas de malheur
  • 1958
  • 2h 2m
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6.7/10
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Love Is My Profession (1958)
CrimeDramaRomance

Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.

  • Director
    • Claude Autant-Lara
  • Writers
    • Jean Aurenche
    • Claude Autant-Lara
    • Pierre Bost
  • Stars
    • Jean Gabin
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Edwige Feuillère
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Claude Autant-Lara
    • Writers
      • Jean Aurenche
      • Claude Autant-Lara
      • Pierre Bost
    • Stars
      • Jean Gabin
      • Brigitte Bardot
      • Edwige Feuillère
    • 19User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Brigitte Bardot in Love Is My Profession (1958)
    Brigitte Bardot and Jean Gabin in Love Is My Profession (1958)
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    Brigitte Bardot and Franco Interlenghi in Love Is My Profession (1958)
    Brigitte Bardot and Franco Interlenghi in Love Is My Profession (1958)
    Brigitte Bardot and Franco Interlenghi in Love Is My Profession (1958)
    Brigitte Bardot in Love Is My Profession (1958)

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    Jean Gabin
    Jean Gabin
    • Maître André Gobillot
    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    • Yvette Maudet
    Edwige Feuillère
    Edwige Feuillère
    • Viviane Gobillot
    Nicole Berger
    Nicole Berger
    • Janine - la bonne d'Yvette
    Madeleine Barbulée
    • Bordenave
    Gabrielle Fontan
    • Mme Langlois
    Jacques Clancy
    • Duret - assistant de Gobillot
    Annick Allières
    • Noémie - l'amie d'Yvette
    Suzanne Grey
    • La fleuriste
    Edith Cérou
      Hubert de Lapparent
      • L'avocat du bijoutier
      Georges Seey
      • Le bijoutier
      • (as Georges Scey)
      Julien Bertheau
      Julien Bertheau
      • L'inspecteur
      Jacques Marin
      Jacques Marin
      • Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Trianon
      Claude Magnier
      • Gaston
      Claire Nobis
      Franco Interlenghi
      Franco Interlenghi
      • Mazzetti
      Andrès
      • Un consommateur
      • Director
        • Claude Autant-Lara
      • Writers
        • Jean Aurenche
        • Claude Autant-Lara(uncredited)
        • Pierre Bost
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      • Trivia
        When John F. Carr was going through H. Beam Piper's letters years after his death, he found one which said: "I am now in the process of being divorced, if my future-ex-wife can ever get her French lawyers to get all the red-tape untangled. I suspect that she just doesn't know who to bribe. We are writing to each other again, in a very cordial and friendly manner. She reports that our red dachshund, Verkan Vall, of whom she retained custody when we split up, was in a movie, along with Bridgitte Bardot and Jean Gabin, a couple of years ago." The above can be found in the introduction by John f. Carr to the book 'Federation' by H. Beam Piper. There is a dachshund in the movie.
      • Connections
        Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)

      User reviews19

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      8/10
      Paris When It Sizzles
      I didn't expect much from this one, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Gabin plays very well, and Bardot manages to be uncomplicatedly sexy. Her character is smart but lacking formal education (much like Bardot herself, I've often felt), and she shows us she can burn up the screen. Pulling an armed robbery with an accomplice, then trying to seduce Gabin so that he'll agree to be her lawyer--she never turns a hair on her beautiful blonde head.

      The two principals are surrounded by superb actors. Edwige Feuillere, after making L'Aigle a deux tetes and Le ble en herbe, had become the grande dame of French cinema (sort of what Meryl Streep is for us now) and here she is superb as the resourceful wife who is fairly sure she can deal with the threat posed by Bardot. Franco Interlenghi gives a deft performance as the young lover Mazetti--tough, a little vulgar, not willing to give Bardot up.

      Autant-Lara had to make a concession to 50's morality when dealing with Yvette's sexuality. Simenon shows us she is bisexual and very easy with her affections with the maid Janine as well as with the two men in her life. On screen we see very little of this: the censors could be happy.
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      • May 29, 2014

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      • Release date
        • September 17, 1958 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Italy
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • U slucaju nesrece
      • Filming locations
        • Préfecture de Police, Boulevard du Palais, Paris 4, Paris, France
      • Production companies
        • Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise (UCIL)
        • Iéna Productions
        • CEI Incom
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      • Budget
        • $750,000 (estimated)
      • Gross worldwide
        • $49,454
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 2 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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